ABERNATHY v. STATE

No. S95A1044.

462 S.E.2d 615 (1995)

265 Ga. 754

ABERNATHY v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

October 16, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John B. Sumner, Woodstock, Louis M. Turchiarelli, Marietta, for Dennis Virgil Abernathy, Jr.

Garry T. Moss, Dist. Atty., Canton, Michael J. Bowers, Atty. Gen., Susan V. Boleyn, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., Peggy R. Katz, Asst. Atty. Gen., Department of Law, Atlanta, for the State.


HUNSTEIN, Justice.

The State is seeking imposition of the death penalty against Dennis Virgil Abernathy, Jr. for the murders of his mother and father at their home in Cherokee County.1 We granted Abernathy's application for interim appeal pursuant to OCGA § 17-10-35.1 to consider two pretrial orders rendered by the trial court pursuant to Uniform Superior Court Rule 31.4. The first order requires Abernathy to notify the State in accordance...

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