Legal Opinion
Hudson v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided January 13, 1983No. 39153PublishedCited by 112 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Gregory, Justice.
In October, 1976 the defendant was convicted of the murder of Dessie Woods and sentenced to life imprisonment.
*480The evidence at trial showed that the defendant and victim worked turpentine boxes together and lived within a few hundred yards of one another. On the night of his death the victim came out of his house and called in the direction of the defendant’s house, “we’re going to take the women and put you on the girls and take them boxes.” At trial the defendant testified that he did not know what the victim meant by this statement but that the victim’s words had upset him.…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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- Cuyler v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Patton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1930
- Hawes v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1977
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3Cited by112 opinions
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