Legal Opinion

Sanders v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided June 19, 1987No. 44539PublishedCited by 30 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Marshall, Chief Justice.

Rose Mary Sanders appeals from her conviction of the malice murder of Willie Roy Shell, for which she was sentenced to life imprisonment. We affirm.

Evidence was adduced at the trial to the following effect. The appellant and the victim, Shell, dated off and on for 14 months, even though he was married to someone else. She and her four children lived with the victim for a short time in the fall of 1984, until he went back to his wife. In July 1985, the appellant and Shell began living together a second time, in an apartment in Savannah. On September 9, 1985, the victim…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Romine v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1986
  3. Walraven v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1982
  4. Proctor v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
  5. Anderson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1981

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3Cited by30 opinions

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  2. Larry v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1996
  3. Battles v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1992
  4. Reeves v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1998
  5. Willingham v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1997

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