Heidler v. State

Carley, Justice.

A jury convicted Jerry Scott Heidler of the following offenses: four counts of malice murder; kidnapping with bodily injury; two counts of kidnapping; aggravated sodomy; aggravated child molestation; child molestation; and, burglary. For the murders, the jury recommended four death sentences, finding as the statutory aggravating circumstances that each homicide was perpetrated during Heidler’s commission of the other three and that all four deaths occurred during his commission of a burglary. OCGA § 17-10-30 (b) (2). The trial court denied Heidler’s motion for new trial, and…