Legal Opinion
Ward v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided June 9, 1977No. 31993PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hall, Justice.
Appellant was originally tried for the murders of Edward Surgalski and Sharynn Denise, found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment on both counts. The case was reversed by this court because of an erroneous alibi charge. Ward v. State, 234 Ga. 882 (218 SE2d 591) (1975). Appellant’s second trial ended in a mistrial as to guilt. This appeal is from appellant’s third trial where he was again convicted of the murders of Surgalski and Denise, but this time sentenced to death by electrocution, upon a finding by the jury that the offense of murder was "outrageously or wantonly…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Gregg v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1974
- Coley v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1974
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3Cited by35 opinions
- Bullington v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Horton v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1982
- Hall v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1978
- Terrell v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2002
- Howard v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2011
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