Eason v. State

A Chatham County jury found the appellant, Fred Eason, Jr., guilty but mentally ill on two counts of murder. The court sentenced Eason to concurrent life sentences. He raises three issues on appeal. We affirm.1

Eason’s friends and family noticed that he began to act strangely during late January 1985. One week before the killings in question, Eason told his fiancee that he had been “touched by God.” Later in the week, he told her that the world would soon come to an end. On the Friday before the killings, Eason told his fiancee that she did not have to go to work because they would soon be in…