Legal Opinion
Kitchens v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided April 30, 1986No. 43029PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Bell, Justice.
Kitchens was convicted of the murder of Jesse Jones and received a life sentence.1 He appeals, and we affirm.
On November 25, 1984, at about 2:00 a.m., police officers responded to reports of a shooting incident on a road in Macon County, Georgia. One of the officers who. arrived on the scene testified that he found Kitchens’ truck and Jones’ car parked in opposite lanes, facing each other approximately five feet apart. According to the officer, Kitchens told him that, “I’m tired of Jesse messing with the woman I love, and I went out to his house to get him.”
Testimony was also…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Johnson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976
- Lee v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1981
- Findley v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1906
- Emmett v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1943
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Walton v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2004
- State v. HamptonCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 2000
- Gaston v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1997
- Ross v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2003
- Dawson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1988
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