Jennings testified accomplice, Peterson, ‘made me feel like (Perrin) deserved it’
It took an Elbert County jury only one hour and 40 minutes to convict Savanna Marrie Jennings, 21, of seven charges, including felony murder and malice murder in connection with the brutal murder of her grandfather, 86-year-old Otha Perrin.
Elbert County Superior Court Judge Chris Phelps said shortly after the six-day trial concluded that “sentencing will be later.”
Jennings had undergone a psychiatric evaluation earlier this year to determine whether or not she was competent to stand trial, but there appeared to be no doubt during her testimony that she knew the implications of the trial, which included graphic, detailed testimony about how Perrin died.
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