Bowden v. State

Hall, Justice.

Jerome Bowden was tried by a jury in the Superior Court of Muscogee County on December 7, 8, and 9,1976 for murder, armed robbery, aggravated assault, and burglary occurring on October 11,1976. He was convicted and sentenced to life for armed robbery, ten years and twenty years concurrently for aggravated assault and burglary, and death for murder. He is before this court on appeal and for mandatory review of the death sentence imposed.

I. Summary of the Evidence

The state presented evidence from which the jury was entitled to find the following:

Mrs. Kathryn Stryker and her mother…