Legal Opinion
Owens v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided June 30, 1983No. 39604, 39610, 39611PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Clarke, Justice.
On November 3, 1981, the appellants, Charles Edward Owens and Gregory Hughes Lumpkin were indicted along with Larry Gene Heath, Jerry Wayne Heath, Denise Page Lambert and Sanders Williams for the murder of Rebecca McGuire Heath, the wife of co-indictee Larry Heath. The state initially sought the death penalty in the cases of Larry Heath, Owens and Lumpkin.
The state waived the death penalty as to Larry Heath and he entered a plea of guilty to the murder and was sentenced to life in prison in February of 1982. Lumpkin was arraigned on April 12,1982; Owens was arraigned April 16.…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Giglio v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Davis v. AlaskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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3Cited by70 opinions
- Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1983
- Romine v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1986
- Davis v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1986
- Ford v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1985
- State v. VoglesonSupreme Court of Georgia · 2002
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