274 Ga. 377
552 S.E.2d 855
Decided October 1, 2001
Supreme Court of Georgia · decided 2001-10-01
Relies on Gissendaner v. State · King v. State · Heidler v. State
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Decided 2001-10-01
Cited by 49 later decisions (4 by the Supreme Court) — most recently May 2023 · most notably Hulett v. State (2014), Willis v. State (2018)
2 federal appellate · 43 state decisions
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¶1concurring.
¶2I concur in the opinion and in the affirmance of the conviction and death sentence. With regard to the enumeration of error discussed in Division 17, however, it should be emphasized that this Court has consistently and recently held that execution by electrocution is not unconstitutional. King v. State, 273 Ga. 258, 261 (5) (539 SE2d 783) (2000); Heidler v. State, 273 Ga. 54, 66 (25) (537 SE2d 44) (2000); Gissendaner v. State, 272 Ga. 704, 716 (16) (532 SE2d 677) (2000).