Legal Opinion

Woodall v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided November 4, 1975No. 30240PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Hill, Justice.

This is an appeal by Alton Bariece Woodall from a conviction by jury on a charge of armed robbery and sentence of 15 years imprisonment. Defendant was acquitted of a charge of kidnapping in the same trial. The main issue presented in this appeal is the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the verdict of guilty of armed robbery. The conviction of Gordon Welch, a co-indictee tried separately, was affirmed in Welch v. State, 235 Ga. 243 (1975).

On December 9, 1974, George West, manager of a service station south of Duluth in Gwinnett County, was closing up the station for the day.…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Bethay v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
  2. Metropolitan Life Insurance v. SaulSupreme Court of Georgia · 1939
  3. Welch v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
  4. Hill v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1974
  5. Sentell v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1971

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Conner v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1983
  2. Brockman v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2013
  3. McKisic v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1977
  4. Smith v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2000
  5. Adams v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1982

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