Legal Opinion
Johnson v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided July 6, 1999No. S99P0356PublishedCited by 89 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hunstein, Justice.
A jury convicted Marcus Ray Johnson of malice murder, felony murder, aggravated assault, rape and aggravated battery. The jury recommended a death sentence for the murder, finding the following statutory aggravating circumstances: the murder was committed while Johnson was engaged in the commission of a rape; the murder was committed while Johnson was engaged in the commission of an aggravated battery; and the murder was outrageously and wantonly vile, horrible and inhuman in that it involved torture, depravity of mind, and an aggravated battery to the victim before death.…
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