Legal Opinion
Wilson v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided November 1, 1999No. S99P0651PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Benham, Chief Justice.
A jury convicted Marion Wilson, Jr. of malice murder, felony murder, armed robbery, hijacking a motor vehicle, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, and possession of a sawed-*812off shotgun.1 The jury fixed the sentence for the murder at death, finding as a statutory aggravating circumstance that Wilson committed the murder while engaged in the commission of an armed robbery. OCGA § 17-10-30 (b) (2). For the reasons that follow, we affirm.
The evidence at trial showed that on the night of March 28, 1996, the victim, Donovan Corey Parks, entered a local…
2Cases cited75 opinions
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- Malcolm v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1993
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