Legal Opinion
Esposito v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided October 30, 2000No. S00P0654PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Fletcher, Presiding Justice.
A jury convicted John Anthony Esposito of murdering Lola Davis and related crimes and fixed his sentence at death, after finding beyond a reasonable doubt the following statutory aggravating circumstances: that the murder was committed during the commission of an armed robbery and a kidnapping with bodily injury and that the murder was outrageously or wantonly vile, horrible, or inhuman in that it involved depravity of mind.1 For the reasons set forth below, we affirm his convictions and sentences.
1. The evidence adduced at trial, including testimony recounting…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Malcolm v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1993
- In Re KemmlerSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- DeYoung v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1997
- Jordan v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1981
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3Cited by36 opinions
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- Butts v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2001
- Fults v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2001
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