Spraggins v. State

258 Ga. 32 (1988)

364 S.E.2d 861

SPRAGGINS

v.

THE STATE.

44903.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided February 18, 1988.

Reconsideration Denied March 2, 1988.

Michael Kennedy McIntyre, for appellant.

William G. Hamrick, Jr., District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Mary Beth Westmoreland, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

BELL, Justice.

This is a death penalty case that has been here previously. See, e.g., Spraggins v. State, 243 Ga. 73 (252 SE2d 620) (1979). After Spraggins was granted habeas corpus relief by the Federal Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, on the ground of…