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Dupree v. State

Citations

  • 247 Ga. 470
  • 277 S.E.2d 18
  • 1981 Ga. LEXIS 753

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  • holding, where the victim died of heart failure brought on by stress and injuries incurred during a robbery, that the evidence was sufficient to find that “the conduct of the appellant in perpetrating the robbery constituted the proximate cause of the death of the deceased”
  • holding, where the victim died of heart failure brought on by stress and injuries incurred during a robbery, that the evidence was sufficient to find that \the conduct of the appellant in perpetrating the robbery constituted the proximate cause of the death of the deceased\
  • defendant’s actions in robbing the victim at gunpoint and hitting the victim were the proximate cause of the victim’s death by cardiac arrest
  • defendant who robbed elderly victim found guilty of felony murder when victim died of heart failure brought on by stress and injuries incurred during the robbery
  • defendant who robbed elderly victim found guilty of felony murder when victim died of heart failure brought on by stress and injuries incurred during the robbery
  • even if statement is otherwise admissible as freely and voluntarily given under the Fifth Amendment, it may still be inadmissible as the fruit of a Fourth Amendment violation

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Judges: Marshall

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