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SPEED v. STATE

No. S98P1359.

512 S.E.2d 896 (1999)

270 Ga. 688

SPEED v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied March 19, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Mears, Multicounty Public Defender, James C. Bonner, Jr., Georgia Indigent Defense Council, Atlanta, for Norris Speed.

Paul L. Howard, Jr., Dist. Atty., Bettieanne C. Hart, Peggy Ann Katz, David Ellis Langford, Asst. Dist. Attys., Thurbert E. Baker, Atty. Gen., Paige Reese Whitaker, Asst. Atty. Gen., Susan V. Boleyn, Senior Asst. Atty. Gen., Department of Law, Atlanta, for the State.

Stephen Christopher Bayliss, Atlanta, Joseph L. Chambers, Sr., Prosecuting Attorney's Council of GA, Smyrna, for other interested parties.

FLETCHER, Presiding Justice.

A jury convicted Norris Speed of malice murder in the shooting death of Atlanta Police Officer Niles Johantgen, and Speed was sentenced to death.1 The jury found as aggravating circumstances that the murder was committed against a peace officer while engaged in the performance of his official duties2 and that the murder was committed...

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