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    De'Kelvin Rafael Martin - Georgia Death Row




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    Sentenced to death for murdering his girlfriend’s 12-year-old son and her grandparents in a fit of rage in October 2002.

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    February 8, 2009

    Fulton jury convicts man in 2002 triple slaying

    Prosecutors got a conviction in the death-penalty case against De'Kelvin Martin, who they say fatally stabbed his girlfriends 12-year-old son, 83-year-old grandfather and 77-year-old grandmother.

    A jury handed down the verdict Friday in the October 2002 stabbing and is set to return Monday to begin deciding whether Martin should get the death penalty or life in prison.

    Martin's lawyers had argued he was guilty but asked jurors to find him mentally ill at the time of the slaying. They argued Martin's cocaine use triggered a psychotic reaction that caused the rage killing.

    Prosecutors said Martin killed Tymika Wright's relatives out of anger after she refused his demands for sex and asked her son to call 911 when Martin was trying to rape her.

    (Source: WSB News)

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    February 11, 2009

    A Fulton County jury today sentenced De’Kelvin Martin to death for the killings of his girlfriend’s 12-year-old son, 83-year-old grandfather and 77-year-old grandmother in October 2002.

    The death penalty is rarely handed down in Fulton County. Martin was convicted on Friday.

    His lawyers had argued he was guilty of the crime but asked the jurors to find he also was mentally ill at the time of the killings. His lawyers, Maurice Kenner and Tom Clegg, argued that Martin’s use of cocaine had triggered a psychotic event that prompted the rage killing.

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    In today's orders, the United States Supreme Court declined to review Martin's petition for certiorari.

    Lower Ct: Supreme Court of Georgia
    Case Nos.: (S15P0675)
    Decision Date: November 2, 2015
    Rehearing Denied: December 10, 2015
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