Deardorff v. State

COBB, Judge.

Donald Deardorff was charged in a 23-count indictment with capital murder and related offenses surrounding the death of Ted Turner. A jury convicted Deardorff of three counts of capital murder, seven counts of theft, and one count of receiving stolen property. Following a penalty-phase hearing on the capital-murder convictions, the jury recommended, by a 10-2 vote, the imposition of the death penalty. The trial court conducted a separate hearing and considered additional evidence, then ordered that the death penalty be imposed for the capital-murder convictions. The trial court…