Legal Opinion

DeYoung v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided November 24, 1997No. S97P0875PublishedCited by 162 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Thompson, Justice.

Andrew Grant DeYoung was convicted of the malice murders of his parents, Kathryn and Gary DeYoung, and his 14-year-old sister Sarah.* 1 The jury recommended the death penalty, finding that as to each of the three counts of the indictment, the offense of murder was committed while the offender was engaged in the commission of another capital felony, to wit: murder; the offender committed the offense of murder for the purpose of receiving money or any other *781thing of monetary value; the offense of murder was outrageously or wantonly vile, horrible, or inhuman in that it…

2Cases cited47 opinions

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  5. Wainwright v. WittSupreme Court of the United States · 1985

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3Cited by162 opinions

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