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SALTER v. STATE

44369.

257 Ga. 88 (1987)

356 S.E.2d 196

SALTER v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided May 6, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Converse Bright, for appellant.

H. Lamar Cole, District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, J. Michael Davis, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

MARSHALL, Chief Justice.

Jesse Pope Salter was found by a jury to be guilty but mentally ill of the murder of Alan Gross. The court sentenced Salter to life imprisonment.

In 1963, Salter was committed to a state psychiatric hospital with a diagnosis of paranoid-schizophrenic reaction with prognosis poor. His continuing obsession with the delusion of his wife's infidelity abated whenever he was taking prescribed medication, but he had stopped taking it. On...

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