Legal Opinion
Gaines v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided September 4, 1974No. 28918PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Grice, Chief Justice.
Robert Allen Gaines, alias William James Wallace, appeals from his conviction of murder and sentence of life imprisonment in the Superior Court of Sumter County, and from the denial of his motion for new trial.
The enumeration contending that the trial court erred in denying appellant’s motion for new trial because the verdict was contrary to the evidence and strongly against the weight of the evidence is not sustained by the record.
The testimony of two eyewitnesses, Herschel Neely (or McNeely) and James Battle, showed that at approximately 2:50 a.m. on August 10, 1973,…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Robinson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1974
- DePalma v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1971
- Bryant v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1972
- Durham v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1973
- Carmichael v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1972
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Burger v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1980
- Arnett v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1980
- Powers v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1979
- Stevens v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1980
- Wilbourne v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1994
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