RICE v. STATE

No. S12P1309.

733 S.E.2d 755 (2012)

RICE v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

October 29, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ashleigh Bartkus Merchant , The Merchant Law Firm, P.C., Marietta, Edwin J. Wilson , Snellville, for appellant.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Mary Beth Westmoreland , Deputy Atty. Gen., Samuel S. Olens , Atty. Gen., Richard Tangum , Asst. Atty. Gen., Department of Law, John Richard Edwards , Anna Green Cross , Asst. Dist. Attys., Patrick H. Head , Dist. Atty., Office of the District Attorney, for appellee.

Brian Kammer , Georgia Resource Center, Richard A. Malone , Prosecuting Attorney's Counsel, Atlanta, for other party.


BENHAM, Justice.

A jury convicted Lawrence Rice of murdering Connie Mincher and her 14-year-old son, Ethan Mincher, and of burglary1 The jury found multiple statutory aggravating circumstances related to each of the murders and recommended a death sentence for each of the murders, which the trial court imposed. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.

1. Viewed in the light most favorable to the State, the evidence presented...

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