SHEPHERD v. STATE

No. S05A1561.

626 S.E.2d 96 (2006)

280 Ga. 245

SHEPHERD v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied February 27, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerard Bradley Kleinrock, Decatur, for appellant.

Gwendolyn Keyes Fleming, Dist. Atty., Barbara Blaine Conroy, James Michael McDaniel, Asst. Dist. Attys., Thurbert E. Baker, Atty. Gen., Julie Amanda Adams, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Sabrina Denise Rhinehart, James C. Bonner, Jr., Atlanta, for amici curiae.


THOMPSON, Justice.

Kenneth Fleming Shepherd was tried by a jury for various crimes in connection with the shooting death of his 14-year-old half sister, Elizabeth Burgess. The jury found Shepherd not guilty by reason of insanity of malice murder, and guilty but mentally ill of the remaining charges.1 With regard to the malice murder verdict, the trial court ordered civil commitment pursuant to OCGA § 17-7-131(d). Shepherd was also...

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