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Duckworth v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided November 5, 1980No. 36612PublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Nichols, Justice.

Donald Bruce “Duck” Duckworth was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for the murders of James Daniel “Bear” Graham and Richard David Boyd, the two life sentences to be served consecutively. This is his appeal.

The jury heard evidence authorizing the following to be found as facts beyond a reasonable doubt: Duckworth, Graham, Boyd and others dealt in marijuana. Duckworth purchased marijuana from or through Graham, as did others including Bobby Allen Wilson, Mark Snipes, Randy Saxon, Mark Ammons, Gregory Lee, Wyatt “Rabbit” Bagwell, and Raymond East. Boyd was Graham’s…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Aguilar v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  3. Spinelli v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  4. Moore v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1978
  5. Whitlock v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1973

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3Cited by28 opinions

  1. Spivey v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1984
  2. Hambrick v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1986
  3. Sterling v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1996
  4. High v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1981
  5. Busch v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1999

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