Spencer v. State

Jordan, Justice.

James Lee Spencer was indicted for murder, aggravated assault, and escape by the Grand Jury of Burke County, was tried before a jury and found guilty and sentenced to death for murder, and ten years each on the charges of aggravated assault and escape to run concurrently with each other. His case is before this court on appeal and for mandatory review of the death sentence imposed.

The state’s evidence was as follows:

L. O. Beazley of the Richmond County Sheriffs Department, was transporting the appellant from Richmond County to the Georgia State Prison in Reidsville, Georgia on…