Legal Opinion
Owens v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided February 12, 1975No. 29381PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hill, Justice.
This case is before this court on appeal and mandatory review of the death sentence. The appellant was indicted for murder occurring on January 21, 1974. Following a sanity trial at which the jury found against the plea of insanity, trial was held on May 27,1974. The death sentence was imposed upon the verdicts.
The evidence showed that about 9:45 on the morning of January 21, 1974, Mrs. Pearl Fryer was standing at the "check-out” in Matt’s Variety Store, in Manchester, Meriwether County, Georgia. Sammie Lewis Owens, the appellant, came into the store and stabbed Mrs. Fryer…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Boulden v. HolmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Maxwell v. BishopSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Moore v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
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3Cited by46 opinions
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- Conner v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1983
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