State: Death row inmate should be asked if he wants appeal
ATLANTA — A Georgia death row inmate scheduled for execution this week should be asked whether he wants an appeal filed on his behalf, lawyers for the state argued in a court filing Tuesday.
Steven Frederick Spears, 54, is scheduled to die Wednesday by injection of the barbiturate pentobarbital. He was convicted of murder in the August 2001 slaying of his ex-girlfriend, Sherri Holland, at her home in Dahlonega, about 65 miles northeast of Atlanta.