Legal Opinion

Cook v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided March 19, 1999No. S98P1870PublishedCited by 73 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Hines, Justice.

Andrew Allen Cook was found guilty of two counts of malice murder and two counts of felony murder in the shooting deaths of Grant Patrick Hendrickson and Michele Lee Cartagena, and was sentenced to death for one of the murders. The jury recommended a death sentence for Cook’s murder of Ms. Cartagena after finding that the murder of Ms. Cartagena was committed while the defendant was engaged in the commission of the murder of Mr. Hendrickson. OCGA § 17-10-30 (b) (2). Cook appeals and we affirm.1

1. The evidence adduced at trial shows the following: at approximately midnight on…

2Cases cited48 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  3. Edwards v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  4. Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  5. Rhode Island v. InnisSupreme Court of the United States · 1980

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3Cited by73 opinions

  1. Hulett v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2014
  2. Willis v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2018
  3. Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2017
  4. Morrow v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2000
  5. Pace v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1999

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