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Lewis v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided September 19, 2005No. S05P0906PublishedCited by 43 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SEARS, Chief Justice.

Gerald Patrick Lewis murdered Peggy Grimes in Douglas County in 1993. In 2001, Lewis pled guilty to malice murder, felony murder, feticide, aggravated battery, and kidnapping with bodily injury. After a 2003 sentencing trial, the jury recommended a death sentence for the malice murder conviction after it found three statutory aggravating circumstances: the murder of Peggy Grimes was committed by the defendant while he was engaged in the commission of an aggravated battery; the murder of Peggy Grimes was committed by the defendant while he was engaged in the commission of…

2Cases cited52 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  3. Wainwright v. WittSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  4. Atkins v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
  5. Barnes v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1998

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3Cited by43 opinions

  1. State v. Timothy Alan DunlapIdaho Supreme Court · 2013
  2. Hulett v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2014
  3. People v. BoyceCalifornia Supreme Court · 2014
  4. Willis v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2018
  5. Humphreys v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2010

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