Myers v. State

Gregory,, Justice.

The defendant was convicted of the murder of Gregory Sherrill Crone and sentenced to life imprisonment. The evidence at trial showed the defendant and victim had been romantically involved for a number of years. It is not disputed that the defendant shot the victim four times after he taunted her with the fact of his engagement to another woman. The defendant then took an overdose of tranquilizers in a suicide attempt. The following day police officers found the couple’s bodies in separate rooms of the defendant’s house. The defendant was taken to Kennestone Hospital for…