Legal Opinion
McClain v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided November 12, 1996No. S96P1266PublishedCited by 173 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Sears, Justice.
The appellant, Mark Howard McClain, shot and killed Kevin Scott Brown during an armed robbery of a Domino’s Pizza store in Augusta. The jury sentenced McClain to death for murder, finding the following statutory aggravating circumstances: The murder was committed while the offender was engaged in the commission of a burglary; the murder was committed while the offender was engaged in the commission of an armed robbery; and the murder was committed for the purpose of receiving money or things of monetary value.
The state presented evidence that McClain picked up his girl friend,…
2Cases cited64 opinions
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