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Tharpe v. State

Citations

  • 416 S.E.2d 78
  • 262 Ga. 110
  • 92 Fulton County D. Rep. 11
  • 1992 Ga. LEXIS 228

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • kidnapping with bodily injury is a capital felony that may be considered as an aggravating circumstance supporting a death sentence for murder
  • kidnapping with bodily injury is a capital felony that may be considered as an aggravating circumstance supporting a death sentence for murder
  • no error to deny motion for change of venue where less than 12 percent of venire was excused due to pretrial publicity
  • a prospective juror’s aversion to the imposition of a death sentence is an adequate reason to justify a peremptory strike
  • a prospective juror's aversion to the imposition of a death sentence is an adequate reason to justify a peremptory strike
  • whether improper juror contact occurred is question for the trial court

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Weltner, Benham, Sears-Collins

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63 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

Cites

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Other cases named Tharpe v. State

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