Hammond v. State

Fletcher, Justice.

Emmanuel Hammond was convicted by a jury in Fulton County of murder, kidnapping and armed robbery. He was sentenced to death for the offense of malice murder. He now appeals his conviction and death sentence.1

The evidence presented at the guilt phase of this trial may be summarized as follows:

Julie Love was last seen by her fiance the morning of July 11, 1988. He called her that evening and she was not in. He left a mes*592sage on her answering machine. He left another message the next day. When she did not return his calls, he thought at first that she was “sort of having her…