Legal Opinion
Renner v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided November 7, 1990No. S90A1057PublishedCited by 116 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hunt, Justice.
Charles Frederick Renner II was tried before a jury and convicted of malice murder, felony murder, and armed robbery. The district attorney sought the death penalty, but Renner was sentenced to life in prison for murder and given a consecutive life sentence for armed robbery.1 Defendant appeals, enumerating seven errors. We affirm.
The victim, Morris Garrett, was a 75-year-old man who owned and rented several trailers in Conyers. He was known to keep large sums of money on his person, and, because he had been robbed before, he was very careful about whom he allowed into his…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Crawford v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1980
- Momon v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1982
- Teague v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1984
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3Cited by116 opinions
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