Legal Opinion

Nelson v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided June 25, 1998No. A98A0777PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Judge Harold R. Banke.

Calvin Leon Nelson was convicted of aggravated assault, kidnapping with bodily harm, and armed robbery. He received two concur*386rent life sentences without parole on the kidnapping and armed robbery charges and a concurrent twenty-year sentence for the aggravated assault. He enumerates three errors on appeal.

This case arose late at night as the victim was about to enter her car in a Wal-Mart parking lot. Nelson suddenly appeared, slipped a paper bag over her face, and repeatedly punched her. He took her keys, opened the door, and pushed her onto the floorboard, at which…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Maddox v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1985
  2. Hughes v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1987
  3. Miller v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1985
  4. Johnson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1990
  5. Moody v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1989

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Curtis v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2002
  2. Nelson v. HallSupreme Court of Georgia · 2002
  3. Moses v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2004
  4. Wesley v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2008
  5. Nelson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1998

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