Legal Opinion
Fults v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided June 11, 2001No. S01P0641PublishedCited by 82 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Thompson, Justice.
Kenneth Earl Fults pled guilty to charges of malice murder, kidnapping with bodily injury, burglary, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime. The jury fixed the sentence for the malice murder at death, finding beyond a reasonable doubt that the murder was committed during the commission of the capital felony of kidnapping with bodily injury, was committed during a burglary, and was outrageously and wantonly vile, horrible, or inhuman in that it involved depravity of mind. OCGA § 17-10-30 (b) (2) and (7). The jury fixed the sentence for the kidnapping…
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