Legal Opinion
Hooks v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided October 27, 2008No. S08A1489PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARLEY, Justice.
Alton Hooks was charged with two counts of malice murder, two alternative counts of felony murder involving the same victims, two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, and one count of possession of a knife during the commission of a felony. The State did not file a notice of intent to seek the death penalty. A jury found Hooks guilty on all counts. The trial court merged the aggravated assault counts into the murder counts and entered judgment of conviction for each of the remaining counts. Based on OCGA § 17-10-7 (c), the trial court sentenced Hooks as a…
2Cases cited31 opinions
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