STEPHENS v. STATE

30784.

237 Ga. 259 (1976)

227 S.E.2d 261

STEPHENS v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided July 14, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugh Lawson, for appellant.

Albert D. Mullis, District Attorney, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Harrison Kohler, Staff Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


HALL, Justice.

Alpha Otis O'Daniel Stephens was convicted of murder in the Superior Court of Bleckley County on January 20-21, 1975, and sentenced to death. The conviction and sentence are before this court on appeal and for mandatory review of the death sentence.

I. Factual Summary

Stephens escaped from the Houston County, Georgia, jail and sometime thereafter on August 21, 1974, went to the home of Charles Asbell in Twiggs County allegedly accompanied...

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