Legal Opinion
Drake v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided February 9, 1982No. 38034, 38272PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Gregory, Justice.
In case No. 38034 Henry Arthur Drake appeals from the denial of his extraordinary motion for new trial based on newly discovered evidence.
Drake was convicted of the armed robbery and murder of a Madison County barber. He was sentenced to death for the murder *892and life imprisonment for the armed robbery. We affirmed his convictions on appeal. Drake v. State, 241 Ga. 583 (247 SE2d 57) (1978), cert. denied, 440 U. S. 928 (99 SC 1265, 59 LE2d 485) (1979).
Prior to Drake’s trial, his co-indictee, William Campbell, was tried and convicted of the armed robbery and murder. Campbell was…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Timberlake v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1980
- Berry v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1851
- Bell v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1971
- Emmett v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1974
- Burge v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1909
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3Cited by43 opinions
- Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1983
- Harper v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1982
- Henry Arthur Drake v. Ralph Kemp, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
- Brown v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1982
- Horton v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1982
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