Legal Opinion

Mathis v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided December 5, 1978No. 34047Published

1Opinion of the Court

242 Ga. 761 (1978)

251 S.E.2d 305

MATHIS

v.

THE STATE.

34047.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Argued September 20, 1978.

Decided December 5, 1978.

Rehearing Denied December 20, 1978.

Willie Mathis, pro se.

Lewis R. Slaton, District Attorney, Victor Alexander, Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Michael R. Johnson, for appellee.

2Per curiam

Willie Mathis was indicted with three other persons for the malice murder of Samuel Celphus Newbill and robbery. On his separate trial he was convicted of both offenses and given sentences of life imprisonment and 20 years, to run concurrently. He…

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3Cases cited11 opinions

  1. State v. MiddlebrooksSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976
  2. Dobbs v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976
  3. Burke v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
  4. Fleming v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976
  5. Barrow v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975

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