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JONES v. STATE

No. S00P1316.

539 S.E.2d 154 (2000)

273 Ga. 231

JONES v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied December 14, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albertelli & Israel, Kenneth T. Israel, Ray B. Gary, Jr., Mitchell D. Durham, Marietta, Clive A. Stafford Smith, New Orleans, LA, for appellant.

Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Maria B. Golick, Russell J. Parker, Thomas A. Cole, Assistant District Attorneys, Thurbert E. Baker, Susan V. Boleyn, Senior Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

SEARS, Justice.

Brandon Astor Jones, also known as Wilbur May, was convicted of murder and sentenced to die in 1979.1 In 1989, his death sentence was vacated by a federal district court.2 A re-sentencing trial was held in 1997 and the jury recommended a death sentence after finding beyond a reasonable doubt that Jones committed the offense of murder while engaged...

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