Legal Opinion
Addison v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided September 8, 1977No. 32367PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hall, Justice.
This is an appeal from a life sentence for armed robbery imposed following a guilty plea.
On June 21, 1976 the appellant, Melvin Alphonso Addison, was indicted along with two others for the offenses of malice murder, armed robbery, and aggravated assault. Addison entered guilty pleas to all three charges. He received life sentences on the murder and armed robbery charges and ten years on the aggravated assault charge; the sentences were to run consecutively.
On appeal, Addison attacks only the armed robbery conviction. He contends it is a lesser included offense of the murder…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Menna v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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