Stripling v. State

This is a death penalty case. The defendant, Alphonso Stripling, was a cook trainee at a fast food restaurant in Douglasville.
Very soon after the restaurant closed for the day on October 15, 1988, Stripling shot four employees of the restaurant, killing
two of them. He left with the restaurant's cash receipts, stole a getaway car at gunpoint, and was arrested a short time later
after a high-speed chase. In his possession at the time of his arrest were the stolen car, the restaurant receipts, and the
murder weapon. Stripling was convicted by a jury in Douglas County on two counts each of murder, armed robbery and aggravated assault. The
jury found in favor of a death sentence on each of the two murder counts. He appeals. We affirm the conviction and death
sentences. 1