Legal Opinion
Drane v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided March 17, 1995No. S94P1594PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hunt, Chief Justice.
Leonard M. Drane was convicted of malice murder, felony murder and aggravated battery in connection with the death of Renee Blackmon. The jury recommended the death penalty for malice murder, finding that the murder had been committed during the course of an aggravated battery, OCGA § 17-10-30 (b) (2), and that it was wantonly vile, horrible or inhuman in that it involved depravity of mind and an aggravated battery to the victim, OCGA § 17-10-30 (b) (7). The trial court imposed the death sentence.1 Drane raises a number *256of enumerations of error, including the exclusion, in…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Chambers v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Green v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Brown v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1983
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3Cited by52 opinions
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