Legal Opinion
Lonchar v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided July 13, 1988No. 45437PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Bell, Justice.
Larry Grant Lonchar was convicted by a jury in DeKalb County of three counts of murder and one count of aggravated assault. He was sentenced to death on each of the murder counts.
1. Charles Wayne Smith and his son, Steven Smith, ran a bookmaking operation out of a condominium in DeKalb County. Lonchar became several thousand dollars in debt to the operation, and on October 13, 1986, visited the condominium, accompanied by Mitchell Wells. At the time they visited, four people were in the condominium. The three murder victims, Wayne Smith, Steven Smith, and Wayne’s companion,…
2Cases cited41 opinions
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- Taylor v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Gregg v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1974
- Pope v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1986
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3Cited by22 opinions
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