Sorrells v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
Carley, Justice.
After a jury trial, Dean Sorrells was found guilty of two counts of malice murder, two counts of concealing a death, and two counts of theft by taking a motor vehicle belonging to one of the murder victims. For the murders, Sorrells was sentenced to consecutive life terms. For concealing the deaths, he was sentenced to concurrent twelve-month terms and, for the thefts by taking, to concurrent four-year terms. Pursuant to the trial court’s grant of a motion for an out- of-time appeal, Sorrells brings this appeal from the judgments of conviction and sentences entered on the…
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