Legal Opinion
Arevalo v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided July 11, 2002No. S02P0342PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARLEY, Justice.
A jury found Joaquin Enrique Arevalo guilty of two counts of malice murder, two alternative counts of felony murder, one count of armed robbery, and two counts of possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. The jury recommended a death sentence for the murder of Marc Ratthaus after finding beyond a reasonable doubt that the murder was committed while Arevalo was engaged in the capital felony of armed robbery and that it was outrageously or wantonly vile, horrible or inhuman in that it involved depravity of mind and an aggravated battery to the victim. See OCGA §…
2Cases cited43 opinions
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3Cited by27 opinions
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