PUTMAN v. STATE

39721.

251 Ga. 605 (1983)

308 S.E.2d 145

PUTMAN v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Rehearing Denied November 8, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Griner & Alderman, Elsie Higgs Griner, Galen P. Alderman, Perry, Moore & Studstill, Daniel L. Studstill, for appellant.

Lew S. Barrow, District Attorney, Robert B. Ellis, Jr., Jeffrey D. Garmon, Assistant District Attorneys, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, William B. Hill, Jr., Senior Assistant Attorney General, Janice G. Hildenbrand, Staff Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


SMITH, Justice.

In the early morning hours of July 10, 1980, David Hardin and his wife Katie, residents of Kentucky, were shot to death at an Interstate 75 rest area near Lenox, Georgia. Truck driver William Howard Putman was arrested and charged with two counts of murder. A Cook County jury found Putman guilty on both counts and recommended the death penalty. This appeal follows. We affirm.

1. The victims spent the week preceding their deaths vacationing...

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