Legal Opinion
Harrell v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided February 17, 1982No. 38070PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hill, Presiding Justice.
Joseph L. Harrell was convicted by a jury of the murder of 15-year-old Catherine C. Crowe and sentenced to life imprisonment.
The evidence presented at the trial showed that Catherine was the defendant’s girl friend, but that she wanted to break up with him and go back to a former boyfriend. On the afternoon of May 5,1980, the defendant, wearing a gun, was looking for Catherine. When he found her at Joe’s Tavern he shook her and yelled that he was “going to beat the hell out of her.” About 6:30 p.m., he led her outside.
Between 7 and 8 p.m., the defendant entered Azar’s…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Lockett v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Doyle v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Estelle v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Edge v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1992
- Spivey v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1984
- State v. GuinanSupreme Court of Missouri · 1984
- Ingram v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1984
- Hill v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1982
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