Legal Opinion
Felker v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided March 15, 1984No. 40350PublishedCited by 189 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Bell, Justice.
Late in the morning of December 8, 1981, the body of 19-year-old Evelyn Joy Ludlam was found floating in Scuffle Creek, in Twiggs County, near a bridge on the “Cochran short route.” She had been missing for two weeks and the last person known to have seen her alive was the appellant, Ellis Wayne Felker.
Felker was charged in Houston County with murder, robbery, rape, aggravated sodomy, and false imprisonment. At trial, a verdict of not guilty was directed on the robbery count, and a jury convicted Felker on the remaining counts. Felker was sentenced to death for the murder. We…
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3Cited by189 opinions
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