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YOUNG v. STATE

31932.

239 Ga. 53 (1977)

236 S.E.2d 1

YOUNG v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided May 12, 1977.

Rehearing Denied May 26, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James, Shipp & Wilcox, Tommy Day Wilcox, for appellant.

Walker P. Johnson, Jr., District Attorney, Tommy Hinson, Graham A. Thorpe, Assistant District Attorneys, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Daryl A. Robinson, Staff Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

NICHOLS, Chief Justice.

John Young was tried by a jury in the Superior Court of Bibb County and convicted of three counts of murder. As to each murder conviction, the jury found as aggravating circumstances (1) the offense of murder was committed while the offender was engaged in the commission of burglary or arson in the first degree; and (2) the offense of murder was outrageously or wantonly vile, horrible or inhuman in that...

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