Legal Opinion
Ledford v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided February 21, 1994No. S93P1262PublishedCited by 107 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Benham, Justice.
The defendant, J. W. Ledford, Jr. was convicted of the malice murder of Dr. Harry Buchanan Johnston, Jr., as well as two counts of armed robbery, one count of burglary, and one count of kidnapping Dr. Johnston’s wife, Antoinette. The jury recommended that a sentence of death be imposed for the conviction of malice murder, and the trial court sentenced him to death. The trial court also sentenced the defendant to two consecutive life sentences and two twenty-year concurrent terms for the remaining offenses.
The defendant and victims were neighbors. At the time of the murder, the…
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