Legal Opinion
Cummings v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided November 1, 1977No. 32219PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hall, Justice.
This is a companion case to Hill v. State, 239 Ga. 564 (233 SE2d 796) (1977) and Miller v. State, 239 Ga. 560 (233 SE2d 793) (1977). Hill, Miller and Cummings were all convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for the December 7, 1974 robbery of the Peacock Lounge in Richmond County. The fourth robber, Hawkins, testified for the state and incriminated the others. On appeal, Cummings raises the single point that Hawkins’ testimony incriminating him was not corroborated by other evidence as required by Code Ann. § 38-121.
The evidence showed that as the victim was preparing to…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Birt v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976
- Hill v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976
- Jones v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1976
- Hill v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1977
- Miller v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1977
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3Cited by13 opinions
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- Black v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1980
- Butler v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1979
- B. J. L. v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1985
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