Legal Opinion
Hightower v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided November 30, 1989No. S89P0575PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Gregory, Justice.
This is a death penalty case. The defendant, John Hightower was convicted by a jury in Morgan County on three counts of murder and sentenced to death on all three counts. We affirm.* 1
1. The defendant was married to Dorothy Hightower. Her brother stopped by their home early in the morning of July 12, 1987, to pick up his daughter. Dorothy Hightower’s car was gone. The brother entered the home and found that Dorothy Hightower and her two daughters, Evelyn and Sandra Reaves, had been shot. Evelyn Reaves was still alive, but died two days later. Sandra Reaves and Dorothy…
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3Cited by32 opinions
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