Legare v. State

Undercofler, Presiding Justice.

The appellant, Andrew Phillip Legare, was tried and convicted on charges of armed robbery, burglary, and malice murder, and sentenced to life for armed robbery, twenty years for burglary, and death for murder. He comes to this court on direct appeal and for mandatory review of the death sentence imposed.

I. Summary of the Evidence.

Essentially the evidence was as follows:

Appellant, age 17 years, and Roger Horne, age 18 years, escaped from the Youth Development Center in Milledgeville, Georgia, about 1:30 a.m. on May 27, 1977. They tied their clothes in two bundles…