Legal Opinion

Head v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided January 27, 2003No. S02A1580PublishedCited by 42 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Sears, Presiding Justice.

Alexander Napoleon Head appeals his convictions for the murder, kidnapping and molestation of his eight-year-old neighbor, 1 claiming that numerous errors occurred during the course of his trial. Having reviewed the record, we conclude that while the trial court erred by preventing appellant from referencing a historically well-known case during closing argument, the error was harmless and thus does not require reversal. There being no merit to appellant’s other contentions, we affirm.

The evidence of record shows that at 7:00 a.m. on April 15, 1997, eight-year-old…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  3. McClain v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1996
  4. Mitchum v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1852
  5. Conner v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1983

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3Cited by42 opinions

  1. Allen v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2004
  2. Ellington v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2012
  3. Davis v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2009
  4. ANTHONY v. THE STATE (Three Cases)Supreme Court of Georgia · 2018
  5. Bryant v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2007

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