JONES v. STATE

38520.

249 Ga. 605 (1982)

293 S.E.2d 708

JONES v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided June 30, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Greene & Davis, H. Darrell Greene, for appellant.

Thomas J. Charron, District Attorney, Mary E. Staley, Assistant District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, George M. Weaver, Staff Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


GREGORY, Justice.

In September 1979 the appellant, Brandon Ashton Jones, also known as Wilbur May, was convicted of the murder of Roger Tackett and sentenced to death by electrocution. The jury found as aggravating circumstances (1) that the offense of murder was committed while appellant was engaged in the commission of an armed robbery (Code Ann. § 27-2534.1 (b)(2)), and (2) that the offense of murder was outrageously and wantonly vile, horrible and inhuman...

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