Legal Opinion
Pye v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided September 21, 1998No. S98P0612PublishedCited by 88 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Carley, Justice.
A jury found Willie James Pye guilty of malice murder, kidnapping with bodily injury, rape, armed robbery, and burglary. For the murder, the jury recommended a death sentence, finding as four separate statutory aggravating circumstances that Pye had committed that crime while engaged in the commission of the offenses of kid*780napping with bodily injury, rape, armed robbery, and burglary. OCGA § 17-10-30 (b) (2). Pye’s motion for new trial was denied and he appeals.1
Jury Selection
1. Pye contends that the State violated Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U. S. 79 (106 SC 1712, 90 LE2d 69)…
2Cases cited69 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Doyle v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Hernandez v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Purkett v. ElemSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
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3Cited by88 opinions
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- Ledford v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2011
- Johnson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1999
- Whatley v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1998
- United States v. BrownCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2008
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