Pruitt v. State

Sears, Justice.

A jury convicted Timothy Woodrow Pruitt of malice murder, felony murder, kidnapping with bodily injury, rape, aggravated sodomy, aggravated child molestation, aggravated assault, aggravated battery, child molestation, and cruelty to children. Pruitt was sentenced to death after the jury found the following statutory aggravating circumstances: the offense of murder was committed while the defendant was engaged in the commission of kidnapping with bodily injury, rape and aggravated battery; the offense of rape was committed while the defendant was engaged in the commission of…