Thornton v. Georgia
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In 2008, Denis Rogers was found shot in the head in the passenger seat of Edwin Wynn's car. He died four days later as a result of that injury. Appellant Courtney Thornton was convicted of and sentenced for the malice murder of Rogers, the armed robbery of Wynn, theft by receiving a gun stolen in 2005 from a car in Rockdale County, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony and, in a bifurcated proceeding, possession of a firearm as a convicted felon. Thornton appealed his convictions to the Supreme Court, but after review of the trial court record, the Supreme Court affirmed all but the theft by receiving conviction.
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