514 calibre woods drive atlanta ga 30329

#514 calibre woods drive atlanta ga 30329 trial#

Although Slysz died shortly thereafter, neither wound caused an immediate death. The first shot which entered below Slysz's right eye would not have caused Slysz to immediately lose consciousness before he was hit by Cromartie's second shot directed at Slysz's left temple. When Cromartie and Clark entered the store, Cromartie shot clerk Richard Slysz twice in the head. He told Lucas to park on a nearby street and wait. As they were driving, Cromartie directed Lucas to bypass the closest open store and drive to the Junior Food Store. In the early morning hours of April 10, 1994, Cromartie and Corey Clark asked Thaddeus Lucas if he would drive them to the store so they could steal beer. Cromartie stated that there was a Junior Food Store with 'one clerk in the store and they didn't have no camera.' Cromartie also asked Cooksey if he was 'down with the 187,' which Cooksey testified meant robbery. He told Young that he shot the clerk at the Madison Street Deli while he was in the back washing dishes. The following day, Cromartie asked Gary Young and Carnell Cooksey if they saw the news. Wilson survived despite a severed carotid artery. There is the sound of a shot and the man leaves after trying to open the cash register. The tape from the store video camera, while too indistinct to conclusively identify Cromartie, captured a man fitting Cromartie's general description enter the store and walk behind the counter toward the area where the clerk was washing pans.

Cromartie left after unsuccessfully trying to open the cash register. on April 7, Cromartie entered the Madison Street Deli in Thomasville and shot the clerk, Dan Wilson, in the face. 25 caliber pistol from his cousin Gary Young on April 7, 1994.

#514 calibre woods drive atlanta ga 30329 trial#

The evidence adduced at trial shows that Cromartie borrowed a. The trial court sentenced Cromartie to death. The jury recommended a death sentence for the murder, finding the following statutory aggravating circumstances: the murder was committed while the defendant was engaged in the commission of an armed robbery the murder was committed for the purpose of receiving money or any other thing of monetary value and the murder was outrageously or wantonly vile, horrible or inhuman in that it involved depravity of mind and an aggravated battery to the victim before death. Ray Jefferson Cromartie was convicted of malice murder, armed robbery, aggravated battery, aggravated assault, and four counts of possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime. Gen., Department of Law, Atlanta, for the State. *209 Michael Mears, Atlanta, for Ray Jefferson Cromartie.