Legal Opinion
Smith v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided January 6, 1976No. 30348PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hill, Justice.
Defendant appeals his conviction by a jury of kidnapping with bodily injury and sentence to life imprisonment. A motion for new trial was denied. The main issues on appeal involve the admission into evidence of a lineup identification, restriction of cross examination as to the composition of the lineup, a court instruction during the trial as to the victim’s presumption of sanity, and challenges to the instructions of the court on alibi and other matters.
Evidence introduced at trial established the following facts: On the night of Saturday, June 15,1974, a 60-year-old widow was…
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