Legal Opinion
Pryor v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided April 27, 1977No. 31807PublishedCited by 123 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hall, Justice.
Leonard Pryor was tried by a jury in the Superior Court of Irwin County and convicted of the kidnap and murder of Mrs. Grace Broome. For kidnapping with bodily injury he was sentenced to life imprisonment. On the murder conviction the jury found the aggravating circumstance that the murder was committed during the course of another capital crime, and sentenced him to death. He is before this court on appeal and for mandatory review of the death sentence imposed.
1. Summary of the Evidence
The state presented evidence including Pryor’s confession tending to show the following facts:
2Cases cited56 opinions
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