Legal Opinion
Pope v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided July 16, 1986No. 42863PublishedCited by 182 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Gregory, Justice.
This is a death penalty case. Appellant, John David Pope, was indicted in Haralson County for murder, armed robbery, kidnapping with bodily injury, kidnapping, and two counts of aggravated assault. A change of venue was granted and the case was tried before a jury in Cobb County. Pope was convicted on all counts and sentenced to death on the murder count.1
*196 Facts
Just before closing time in the evening of February 27, 1984, Pope entered a Reed Drugstore in Bremen, Georgia, armed with a pistol that his sister had purchased for him. The only other people in the drugstore at the…
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3Cited by182 opinions
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