Legal Opinion
Braley v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided November 12, 2002No. S02P1191PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Carley, Justice.
A jury found Leeland Mark Braley guilty of malice murder, an alternative count of felony murder, kidnapping with bodily injury, armed robbery, and aggravated battery. The jury recommended a death sentence after finding beyond a reasonable doubt that the murder was committed while Braley was engaged in the commission of a kidnapping with bodily injury and of an armed robbery, was committed for the purpose of receiving money or any other thing of monetary value, and was outrageously or wantonly vile, horrible, or inhuman in that it involved depravity of mind and aggravated…
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