YOUNG v. STATE

S21P0078.

860 S.E.2d 746 (2021)

YOUNG v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: June 24, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Josh David Moore , Thea Adele Delage , Office of the Georgia Capital Defender, 104 Marietta St. NW Suite 900, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, Brian Stull , American Cimil Liberties Union, 20 W. Main Street, Suite 402 Suite 402, Durham, North Carolina 27701, for Appellant.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Sabrina Dawn Graham , Paula Khristian Smith , Christopher M. Carr , Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, Randal Matthew McGinley , Alcovy Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office, 1132 Usher Street Room 313, Covington, Georgia 30014, for Appellee.

Vanessa J. Carroll , Georgia Resource Center, 104 Marietta Street NW Suite 260, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, for Other Party,

Andrew John King , Fisherbroyles, LLP, 945 East Paces Ferry Rd, Ste 2000, Atlanta, Georgia 30326, Laurence Shtasel , Taylor Lake , Heidi Crikelair , Blank Rome LLP, One Logan Square, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103, for Amicus Appellant.


A jury found Rodney Renia Young guilty of the murder of Gary Jones and related crimes. The jury declined in its guilt/innocence phase verdict to find him "mentally retarded."1 At the conclusion of the sentencing phase, the jury found multiple statutory aggravating circumstances and sentenced Young...

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