Georgia v. Worsley
Annotate this CaseAppellee Johnnie Worsley was tried by jury and convicted of the rape and murder of his seventeen-year-old stepdaughter, Yameika Bell, and the murder of his wife, Flora Worsley. For each murder, Appellee was sentenced to death. Nearly fourteen years later, the trial court granted Appellee a new trial, finding that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel in the sentencing phase of his 1998 trial. The State appealed. Finding the trial court granted the new trial in error, the Supreme Court reversed and reinstated Appellee's death sentences.
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