Legal Opinion

McMichen v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided July 14, 1995No. S95P0209PublishedCited by 89 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Sears, Justice.

Kim Anthony McMichen was convicted on two counts of malice murder, of his estranged wife Luan McMichen and her boyfriend, Jeff Robinson. The jury recommended the death penalty for each of the two counts of murder, finding that each had been committed during the course of the other murder 1 and that each was outrageously or wantonly vile, horrible or inhuman in that it involved depravity of mind. 2 The jury also found that the murder of Luan McMichen was outrageously or wantonly vile, horrible or inhuman in that it involved torture. 3 The trial court imposed two death sentences…

2Cases cited46 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  3. McCleskey v. KempSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  4. Lockhart v. McCreeSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  5. Anderson v. CharlesSupreme Court of the United States · 1980

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3Cited by89 opinions

  1. DeYoung v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1997
  2. Gissendaner v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2000
  3. Hulett v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2014
  4. Willis v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2018
  5. Wellons v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1995

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