Legal Opinion
Bryant v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided March 18, 2011No. S10P1689PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Melton, Justice.
Nicholas Jason “JJ” Bryant was convicted of the murders of Billy Joe Kilgore and Marie Richards and the armed robbery of Richards.1 After finding beyond a reasonable doubt the existence of multiple statutory aggravating circumstances in each murder, the *877jury recommended a life sentence without the possibility of parole for Kilgore’s murder and a death sentence for Richards’ murder. Finding no reversible error in the guilt/innocence phase of Bryant’s trial, we affirm the jury’s verdict of guilt on all charges. However, because we conclude that the trial court erred in allowing…
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