Legal Opinion
Rucker v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided December 1, 1982No. 39057PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Smith, Justice.
Willie Junior Rucker was indicted in Hall County, Georgia, in May 1982 for the murder of Arnold Pierre. A jury found Rucker guilty of murder and he was sentenced to life imprisonment. Rucker appeals, enumerating eleven errors of law. We affirm.
The body of Arnold Pierre was found in the parking lot of a restaurant in Hall County at approximately 2:30 a.m. on April 10, 1982. The victim had been shot to death. When police arrived a few minutes later in response to a telephone call, they recovered a small amount of money from Pierre’s clasped hand and one white tennis shoe near his…
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