DOUTHIT v. STATE

31768.

239 Ga. 81 (1977)

235 S.E.2d 493

DOUTHIT v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided May 12, 1977.

Rehearing Denied May 27, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene A. Deal, for appellant.

Tom Charron, District Attorney, B. Wayne Phillips, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Isaac Byrd, Staff Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


HILL, Justice.

This is a death case. Following trial by jury in Cobb County, Ronald Douthit was found guilty of the offense of murder. The case is before this court on appeal and for review of the death sentence. The jury had before it the evidence which follows.

While walking along Log Cabin Drive in Smyrna, Georgia, at approximately 9:30 a. m. on Wednesday, December 17, 1975, Silas Stephens noticed the feet of a body protruding from a ditch. The body was...

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