GIBSON v. RICKETTS

35265.

244 Ga. 482 (1979)

260 S.E.2d 877

GIBSON v. RICKETTS.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided October 17, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James C. Bonner, H. Gregory Fowler, Patrick T. Beall, for appellant.

Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, for appellee.


MARSHALL, Justice.

The appellant was convicted in 1975 of the murder and rape of Joan Delight Bryan. The evidence showed that the appellant had gone to the victim's farmhouse while her husband was away. While there, the appellant raped the victim, committed sodomy on her, and ended up fatally shooting her in the head in the presence of her four-year-old daughter. The appellant received the death penalty for the murder and rape convictions. On direct appeal to this...

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