Legal Opinion
Ford v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided October 29, 1985No. 42154PublishedCited by 84 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Smith, Justice.
This is a death penalty case. Appellant, James A. Ford, was convicted in Coweta County of armed robbery, rape, kidnapping with bodily injury, burglary, and murder. The case is here on direct appeal, for review under the Unified Appeal Procedure (252 Ga. A-13 et seq.), and for the sentence review required by OCGA § 17-10-35. We affirm.
Facts
The victim, Sarah Dean, managed the J & L gas station in Newnan. She usually began work at 6:00 a.m. Shortly after 5:00 a.m. on March 1, 1984, a burglar alarm went off at the station. Police responding to the call found the front door unlocked…
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