Legal Opinion
Collier v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided October 30, 1979No. 35063PublishedCited by 136 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Nichols, Chief Justice.
Robert Lewis Collier appeals his conviction and sentence for the offense of murder, and appeals his convictions for aggravated assault and three counts of armed robbery.
Summary of Facts
From the evidence presented at trial, the jury was authorized to find the following facts:
On April 14, 1978, the appellant, an unemployed ironworker, left his home in South Pittsburgh, Tennessee and drove toward Georgia. He carried with him a brown paper grocery sack and a .32 caliber revolver. His express purpose for making the trip was to perpetrate an armed robbery, although he did not…
2Cases cited63 opinions
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- Murphy v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by136 opinions
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