Legal Opinion
Ivester v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided March 7, 1984No. 40349PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Clarke, Justice.
Appellant was convicted of murder by a Stephens County jury for the shooting death of Tracy Alan Powers. He was sentenced to life imprisonment and brings this appeal. He alleges errors involving the voir dire procedure, admissibility of allegedly prejudicial statements, voluntariness of his confession and the failure of the state to disclose certain information prior to trial. We affirm.
The shooting occurred on the evening of February 4,1983, in the parking lot of a store in Toccoa, Georgia. Appellant and several other people he knew had been driving around town and “hanging…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Momon v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1982
- Gilreath v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1981
- Arnold v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976
- Whitlock v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1973
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3Cited by34 opinions
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- John Washington Hightower v. Derrick SchofieldCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2004
- Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2003
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