Legal Opinion
Burrell v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided February 8, 1989No. 46279PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Clarke, Presiding Justice.
Christopher Omar Burrell was convicted on charges of felony murder, kidnapping with bodily harm and robbery by sudden snatching. He received three life sentences plus ten years. We affirm.
On June 23, 1986, seventeen-year-old Kevin Lamar Jackson drove his blue Honda to a public library to complete his homework assignments. Three days later his body was discovered in the East Park Avenue area of Savannah, Georgia. He had been shot in the head. A few hours following the discovery of the body, Robert Roper and Christopher Burrell were seen in New Jersey in a blue Honda…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Gibbons v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1982
- Dingler v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
- Harrison v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1987
- Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1983
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Butts v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2001
- Christenson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1991
- Wilson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1999
- Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1998
- Turpin v. ChristensonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1998
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