DRANE v. STATE

No. S99P1003.

523 S.E.2d 301 (1999)

271 Ga. 849

DRANE v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied December 20, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Billy I. Daughtry, Jr., Elberton, for appellant.

Daniel J. Craig, District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Allison B. Goldberg, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


HINES, Justice.

A jury convicted Leonard M. Drane of malice murder, felony murder, and aggravated battery, and imposed a death sentence for the malice murder. The evidence adduced at trial showed that Drane and co-indictee David Willis picked up Renee Blackmon on June 13, 1990, and drove her to a secluded road. Ms. Blackmon's body was found in a lake on July 1, 1990. She had been shot point-blank in the head with a shotgun and her throat had been cut at least six...

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