Legal Opinion
Callahan v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided November 17, 1972No. 27255PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Grice, Presiding Justice.
This appeal by Matthew Callahan, Jr., is from the judgment and conviction in the Superior Court of Fulton County of murder and burglary wherein he was sentenced to death by electrocution and twenty years to follow, and it is also from the denial of his amended motion for new trial.
The verdict of guilty is amply supported by the evidence. There was testimony that the victim, a young, inexperienced police officer, responded to a burglar alarm; that upon apprehending two men, one the appellant, he was disarmed and thrown to the ground; that both men violently and…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by57 opinions
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