Legal Opinion
Botts v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided October 25, 2004No. S04A0798, S04A0799PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUNSTEIN, Justice.
These appeals involve challenges to the constitutionality of OCGA § 17-10-17, Georgia’s hate crime penalty statute, which requires the enhancement of criminal sentences whenever the fact finder determines beyond a reasonable doubt “that the defendant intentionally selected any victim or any property of the victim as the object of the offense because of bias or prejudice.” Id. at (a). Christopher Botts and Angela Pisciotta, along with a third individual, were indicted on charges of aggravated assault and other crimes arising out of the beating of Che and Idris Golden at…
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