Legal Opinion
Turner v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided January 7, 1976No. 30441PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hill, Justice.
Rudolph Turner was tried and found guilty by a jury of murder, armed robbery and kidnapping. He was sentenced to life imprisonment for armed robbery, and twenty years for kidnapping, all to run consecutively. He appeals from the denial of his motion for a new trial.
At trial Theodore Ross testified to a four man conspiracy among himself, the defendant, Willie Ross and Freddie King.His testimony fully implicated the defendant in all three crimes.
In August 1973, the four men planned to rob a grocery store in Moultrie, Georgia. On the night of August 23, 1973, they drove from…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Neil v. BiggersSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Wade v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1973
- West v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1974
- Anthony v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1951
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3Cited by22 opinions
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- Thomas v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1980
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- McCoy v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976
- Meeker v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1982
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