Young v. State

In the Supreme Court of Georgia Decided: June 1, 2021 S21P0078. YOUNG v. THE STATE. MELTON, Chief Justice. A jury found Rodney Renia Young guilty of the murder of Gary Jones and related crimes. The jury declined in its guilt/innocence phase verdict to find him “mentally retarded.”1 At the conclusion of the sentencing phase, the jury found multiple statutory aggravating circumstances and sentenced Young to death for the murder. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm Young’s convictions and 1 The mental condition now referred to as “intellectual disability” in the mental health profession…