MIZE v. STATE

No. S98P0476.

501 S.E.2d 219 (1998)

269 Ga. 646

MIZE v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied July 30, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Palmer Christie Singleton, III, Atlanta, for William Mark Mize.

Harry N. Gordon, Dist. Atty. Gerald W. Brown, Asst. Dist. Atty., Athens, Hon. Thurbert E. Baker, Atty. Gen., Patricia Beth Attaway, Asst. Atty. Gen., Susan V. Boleyn, Senior Asst. Atty. Gen., Department of Law, Atlanta, for the State.

Joseph L. Chambers, Sr., Prosecuting Attorneys Counsel, Smyrna, Stephen C. Bayliss, Georgia Resource Center, Michael MultiCounty Public Defender, Atlanta, for other interested parties.


BENHAM, Chief Justice.

A jury convicted William Mark Mize of malice murder in the shooting death of Eddie Tucker. The jury recommended a death sentence after finding two statutory aggravating circumstances: 1) that Mize caused or directed another to commit the murder and 2) that the murder was outrageously or wantonly vile, horrible or inhuman in that it involved an aggravated battery to the victim. OCGA §§ 17...

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