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BUTTRAM v. STATE

No. S06A0030.

631 S.E.2d 642 (2006)

280 Ga. 595

BUTTRAM v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

June 12, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Derek H. Jones, Decatur, for appellant.

Patrick H. Head, Dist. Atty., Amy Hembree McChesney, Dana J. Norman, Asst. Dist. Attys., Thurbert E. Baker, Atty. Gen., Robin Joy Leigh, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

MELTON, Justice.

Michael Willard Buttram was convicted of two counts of malice murder, burglary, and theft by taking (an automobile) in connection with the fatal shootings of Tara Cantrell and her mother, Millie Cantrell. The State sought the death penalty, but in the bifurcated trial the jury, after finding the presence of two statutory aggravating circumstances, recommended a sentence of life without parole.1 Buttram appeals from denial...

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