TUCKER v. STATE

35524.

245 Ga. 68 (1980)

263 S.E.2d 439

TUCKER v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided January 3, 1980.

Rehearing Denied January 23, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Robert Sikes, for appellant.

W. Donald Thompson, District Attorney, Charles Weston, Willis B. Sparks, III, Assistant District Attorneys, Michael R. Johnson, Staff Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


NICHOLS, Chief Justice.

Richard Tucker, Jr., was indicted, tried and convicted for murder and kidnapping with bodily harm. He was sentenced to two death penalties. After his motion for new trial was overruled, this appeal followed.

The evidence revealed that the victim was kidnapped from a hospital parking area on a Friday evening and was forced to drive to a secluded area in the rear of an abandoned warehouse. The defendant robbed the victim, killed her by...

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