A jury convicted Appellant Clayton Jerrod Ellington of murdering his wife Berna Ellington and their twin two-year-old sons, Cameron and Christian. The jury found two statutory aggravating circumstances related to each of the three murders and recommended three death sentences, which the trial court imposed.

Nov 19, 2012 · The court on Monday upheld Clayton Jerrod Ellington's murder conviction, and the state will once again have the option to seek the death penalty.

The attack came just before 31-year-old Clayton Ellington was sentenced to death for the murders of his wife and twin two-year-old sons. He beat them to death with a hammer in 2006. The...

Nov 19, 2012 · In a unanimous decision, the court upheld the murder convictions against Clayton Jerrod Ellington but sent the case back for a new sentencing trial.

May 19, 2006 · <p>A man has been charged with murder in the deaths of his wife and twin sons.</p><p>DeKalb County Police arrested Clayton Jerrod Ellington, 29, on Thursday after hours of questioning in the deaths.</p><p>Ellington called authorities to the family's home late Wednesday night.

Nov 19, 2012 · In its unanimous decision, the court upheld the murder convictions against Clayton Jerrod Ellington but sent the case back for a new sentencing trial, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported....

Nov 19, 2012 · ATLANTA — The Georgia Supreme Court has unanimously tossed out the death sentence of a man who was convicted of killing his wife and twin 2-year-old sons in Lithonia in 2006. The court on Monday...

Nov 30, 2012 · The Georgia Supreme Court held that this was an unreasonable restriction on voir dire and reversed Ellington’s death sentence. Ellington was convicted of three counts of malice murder after his wife and two young twin boys were found dead at the Ellington home.

Nov 19, 2012 · A jury convicted Appellant Clayton Jerrod Ellington of murdering his wife, Berna Ellington, and their twin two-year-old sons, Cameron and Christian. 1 The jury found two statutory aggravating circumstances related to each of the three murders and recommended three death sentences, which the trial court imposed.

Ellington received three death sentences, one for each murder. Ellington called the police to the home claiming that he had found all three bodies. Later, he changed his story claiming his wife had killed the two boys and then he killed her.