Legal Opinion
Harris v. Hopper
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided February 27, 1979No. 34567PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Nichols, Chief Justice.
Kenneth Allen Harris was convicted of murder and was sentenced to death. His conviction and sentence were affirmed on direct appeal. Harris v. State, 237 Ga. 718 (230 SE2d 1) (1976). He appeals the denial of his habeas petition.
1. His first enumeration of error is meritorious for the reason announced from the bench during oral argument of the appeal — that is, the charge of the court during the sentencing phase of the trial was not sufficient to inform a reasonable juror that even though he might find a statutory aggravating circumstance to exist, he nonetheless might…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Bounds v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Francis v. HendersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Harris v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976
- Spivey v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1978
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3Cited by20 opinions
- Hance v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1980
- Dick v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1980
- Dampier v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1980
- Amadeo v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1979
- Tucker v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1979
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