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BRIGHT v. STATE

S94P1617.

265 Ga. 265 (1995)

BRIGHT v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied March 30, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Worthington & Flournoy, Thomas M. Flournoy, Jr., Douglas L. Breault, Charlotta Norby, for appellant.

Douglas C. Pullen, District Attorney, J. Gray Conger, Julia Anne Fessenden, Susan L. Golomb, Assistant District Attorneys, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Susan V. Boleyn, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Marla-Deen Brooks, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

SEARS, Justice.

The appellant, Kenneth Bright, was convicted of the murder of his two grandparents and of possession of a controlled substance. The jury sentenced Bright to death for the murders, and the trial court sentenced Bright to 15 years in prison on the possession offense.1 For the reasons that follow, we affirm Bright's convictions but reverse his sentence of death.

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