Legal Opinion
McClesky v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided January 24, 1980No. 35529PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Undercofler, Presiding Justice.
Warren McClesky appeals his convictions of murder and two armed robberies. He was sentenced to death for murder and life imprisonment for each armed robbery, all sentences to run consecutively.
Summary of Facts
From the evidence presented at trial, the jury was authorized to find the following facts:
On the morning of May 13,1978, appellant, using his car, picked up Ben Wright, Bernard Dupree and David Burney. All four had planned to rob a jewelry store in Marietta that day. After Ben Wright went into the store to check it out, they decided not to rob it. All four…
2Cases cited43 opinions
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Napue v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Hawes v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1977
- Fleming v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1977
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3Cited by71 opinions
- McCleskey v. ZantSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- McCleskey v. KempSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- State v. Kwan Fai MakWashington Supreme Court · 1986
- Warren McCleskey Cross-Appellant v. Ralph Kemp, Warden, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
- Hance v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1980
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