Legal Opinion
Nelson v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided January 27, 1981No. 36555Published
1Opinion of the Court
247 Ga. 172 (1981)
274 S.E.2d 317
NELSON
v.
THE STATE.
36555.
Supreme Court of Georgia.
Decided January 27, 1981.
Rehearing Denied February 24, 1981.
Howard A. McGlasson, Jr., for appellant.
Andrew J. Ryan III, District Attorney, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, John W. Dunsmore, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.
MARSHALL, Justice.
The appellant, Gary X. Nelson, was convicted of murder, aggravated sodomy, and rape. The jury found that the murder was "outrageously or wantonly vile, horrible or inhuman in that it involved torture, depravity of mind, or an aggravated battery to the victim."…
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