Legal Opinion
Stripling v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided February 22, 1991No. S90P1326PublishedCited by 109 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Bell, Justice.
This is a death penalty case. The defendant, Alphonso Stripling, was a cook trainee at a fast food restaurant in Douglasville. Very soon after the restaurant closed for the day on October 15, 1988, Stripling shot four employees of the restaurant, killing two of them. He left with the restaurant’s cash receipts,' stole a getaway car at gunpoint, and was arrested a short time later after a high-speed chase. In his possession at the time of his arrest were the stolen car, the restaurant receipts, and the murder weapon.
Stripling was convicted by a jury in Douglas County on two…
2Cases cited49 opinions
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