Legal Opinion
Stripling v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided June 13, 2011No. S11A0474PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Melton, Justice.
In 1988, Alphonso Stripling was working as a cook trainee at a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant in Douglasville. Shortly after the restaurant closed on October 15, 1988, he shot his four co-workers, killing two of them and injuring the other two. He then stole money from the restaurant and fled in an automobile that he stole at gunpoint. He was convicted on two counts each of murder, armed robbery, and aggravated assault and was sentenced to death for each of the murders. This Court affirmed. See Stripling v. State, 261 Ga. 1 (401 SE2d 500) (1991). Stripling filed a petition…
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