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Bishop v. State

Citations

  • 486 S.E.2d 887
  • 268 Ga. 286
  • 97 Fulton County D. Rep. 2605
  • 1997 Ga. LEXIS 431

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  • holding that prospective juror’s initial statement that he would always vote for a death sentence did not require his disqualification in light of his responses once the bifurcated trial was explained to him
  • “It was for the jury to decide whether Bishop’s mental health and history of alcohol and drug abuse were sufficiently mitigating so as to justify a life sentence.”

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Judges: Carley, Benham, Sears, Divisions, Fletcher

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