ORTIZ v. STATE

No. S12A0433.

727 S.E.2d 103 (2012)

291 Ga. 3

ORTIZ v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

April 24, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jason Roy Hasty , Katherine Morgan Mason , David V. Weber , Office of the Public Defender, Augusta, for appellant.

Samuel H. Altman , Dist. Atty., Paula Khristian Smith, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., Samuel S. Olens , Atty. Gen., Kelly Anne Jenkins , Asst. Dist. Atty., Katherine Ruth Thrower , Asst. Atty. Gen., Department of Law, for appellee.


HUNSTEIN, Chief Justice.

Appellant Edison Ortiz was convicted of two counts of murder and related crimes in connection with the shooting deaths of Deryll and Linda Bruce and sentenced, in total, to a term of life imprisonment plus five years. In this appeal of the denial of his motion for new trial, Appellant alleges reversible error in certain jury instructions and in the trial court's failure to merge several of his convictions. Finding no error in the jury charge...

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