Bishop v. State

Carley, Justice.

The grand jury indicted Joshua Daniel Bishop for the malice murder and armed robbery of Leverett Morrison. The State filed notice of its intent to seek the death penalty for the murder. After finding Bishop guilty of the crimes, the jury returned a verdict imposing a death sentence, finding, as the aggravating circumstance, that Bishop had murdered Morrison in the course of committing the additional capital felony of armed robbery. OCGA § 17-10-30 (b) (2). The trial court entered judgments of conviction and sentences on the jury’s guilty verdicts. Bishop’s motion for new trial…