Legal Opinion
Barrett v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided October 15, 2012No. S12P0710PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HINES, Justice.
A jury convicted Winston Clay Barrett of malice murder and related crimes and recommended a death sentence for the murder after finding beyond a reasonable doubt the following statutory aggravating circumstances: the murder was committed while Barrett was engaged in the commission of an aggravated battery, and the murder was outrageously or wantonly vile, horrible, or inhuman in that it involved torture and an aggravated battery to the victim before his death and manifested the defendant’s depravity of mind.1 See OCGA §§ 17-10-30 (b) (2), (7); 17-10-31 (a). The trial court…
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