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NELSON v. STATE

36555.

247 Ga. 172 (1981)

274 S.E.2d 317

NELSON v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Rehearing Denied February 24, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard A. McGlasson, Jr., for appellant.

Andrew J. Ryan III, District Attorney, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, John W. Dunsmore, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

MARSHALL, Justice.

The appellant, Gary X. Nelson, was convicted of murder, aggravated sodomy, and rape. The jury found that the murder was "outrageously or wantonly vile, horrible or inhuman in that it involved torture, depravity of mind, or an aggravated battery to the victim." Code Ann. § 27-2534.1 (b) (7). The appellant was given the death penalty for the murder conviction, and he was given consecutive life sentences for the rape and aggravated sodomy convictions...

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