Washington v. State

Hill, Justice.

Defendant was tried and convicted of malice murder and three counts of aggravated assault. After the jury was unable to reach a decision on the imposition of the death penalty, the trial court sentenced the defendant to life imprisonment for the murder and 10 years consecutively for each of three counts of aggravated assault.

At the trial, the jury was authorized to find the following: Defendant purchased a shotgun from a Savannah sporting goods store on the morning of March 20,1976.1 Later that morning the Chatham County police received a telephone call reporting that someone…