Legal Opinion

Godbee v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided January 18, 1980No. 59011PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Quillian, Presiding Judge.

Defendant was charged in a two-count indictment with having, on November 27,1972, assaulted Rebecca D. Knighton with the intent to rob her (Count 2), and further with having robbed her of a notary seal by sudden snatching (Count 1).

Defendant was tried and convicted on March 15, 1973, in Richmond Superior Court and sentenced to twenty years on the robbery by sudden snatching charge and ten years on the aggravated assault charge, to be served consecutively.

Subsequently, on another Richmond County indictment, defendant was sentenced to twenty years for robbery, twenty…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. North Carolina v. PearceSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  2. Hewell v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1977
  3. Godbee v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1974
  4. Turner v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1979

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Johnson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2017
  2. Johnson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2017

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