Legal Opinion
Henry v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided October 16, 1995No. S95A0843PublishedCited by 81 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hines, Justice.
Ronald Francis Henry was convicted of malice murder, armed robbery, and kidnapping with bodily injury in connection with the *733shooting death of Iraj Rouhani. The jury found aggravating circumstances existed and recommended a sentence of life imprisonment without parole as punishment for the murder. See OCGA § 17-10-30.1 (a). Henry was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole for the murder, and to consecutive life sentences for the armed robbery and kidnapping.1
Rouhani was fatally shot in the head in a back room of the jewelry store he owned. A shopkeeper in an adjacent…
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