GILREATH v. STATE

37255.

247 Ga. 814 (1981)

279 S.E.2d 650

GILREATH v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Rehearing Denied July 15, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Land, Atkinson & Schane, Tyrus R. Atkinson, Jr., for appellant.

Thomas J. Charron, District Attorney, Debra Halpern Bernes, Assistant District Attorney, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Nicholas G. Dumich, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


HILL, Presiding Justice.

This is a death penalty case. Fred Marion Gilreath, Jr., appeals his convictions and sentences to death for the murders of his wife and his father-in-law.

On May 11, 1979, Dempsey Wolfenbarger went to the Mableton Precinct of the Cobb County Police where he spoke with Corporal J. E. Davis. Wolfenbarger told Davis he was concerned about the safety of his stepdaughter, Linda Gilreath. He explained that Linda was in the process of obtaining...

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