Legal Opinion
Horton v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided September 8, 1982No. 38570PublishedCited by 79 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Jordan, Chief Justice.
Appellant, Jimmy Lee Horton, was convicted of murder and two counts of burglary. He was sentenced to death for the murder and to twenty years for each of the burglaries. He now appeals, raising 16 enumerations of error. We affirm.
The facts can be summarized as follows: Around 6:00 p.m. of the evening of November 28, 1980, appellant borrowed a pickup truck from a friend on the pretext of needing to move furniture. Later that evening, appellant and Pless “Chug” Brown burglarized the home of Willie James Griffin. The two took a dark-colored H & R .22 caliber pistol, some…
2Cases cited40 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Lockett v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Woodson v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Godfrey v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
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3Cited by79 opinions
- William Anthony Brooks v. Ralph Kemp, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center, RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
- Felker v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1984
- Pope v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1986
- Jimmy Lee Horton v. Walter Zant, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification CenterCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1991
- Castell v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1983
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