Fair v. State

Bowles, Justice.

Keith Fair, the appellant, pled guilty in the Superior Court of Hall County to the murder of Jackie Morris. The trial judge, after a two-day presentence trial, found the existence of two statutory aggravating circumstances and imposed the death penalty. The case is here on direct appeal.

This case involves two killings by appellant. The trial judge, as the finder of fact, was authorized to find that the first killing occurred in Habersham County as a result of a dispute over a money matter. Apparently the Habersham County victim had hired appellant to burn a trailer for him and…