Thomas v. State

Smith, Justice.

Appellant, Eugene Thomas a/k/a “Pee Wee”, was convicted for the October 28, 1979, malice murder of Olen Brantley. The jury found statutory and nonstatutory aggravating circumstances and sentenced appellant to death. The case is here both on direct appeal and for mandatory sentence review.

From the evidence presented at trial, the jury was authorized to *248make the following findings of fact: In the early evening hours of October 28,1979, in Macon, Georgia, appellant met one Greg Willis at Tattnall Square Park. Appellant approached Willis and told him that he knew somebody upon whom…