Legal Opinion

Batts v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided April 21, 1977No. 31951, 31952Published

1Opinion of the Court

238 Ga. 664 (1977)

235 S.E.2d 377

BATTS

v.

THE STATE (two cases).

31951, 31952.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Submitted January 28, 1977.

Decided April 21, 1977.

M. Stan Ballew, Jim L. Wilson, for appellant.

Thomas H. Pittman, District Attorney, Fred W. Rigdon, Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Daryl A. Robinson, Staff Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

2Per curiam

The defendant was found guilty of two armed robberies which arose out of the same occurrence and was sentenced to life imprisonment. On appeal he contends that the procedure followed in Georgia for determining the…

Also in this document: Concurrence.

3Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  2. Sims v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. Watson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1971
  4. Sims v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
  5. Crawford v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976

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