WILLIAMS v. STATE

39641.

251 Ga. 749 (1983)

WILLIAMS v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Rehearing Denied January 18, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lynn H. Whatley, John Thomas Chason, for appellant.

Lewis R. Slaton, District Attorney, Joseph J. Drolet, Assistant District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Mary Beth Westmoreland, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Don C. Keenan, William J. Berg, amicus curiae.


BELL, Justice.

On February 27, 1982, the appellant, Wayne Bertram Williams, was found guilty of the murders of Jimmy Ray Payne and Nathaniel Cater and received two consecutive life sentences. Appellant's motion for new trial was denied on December 16, 1982, and he appeals. We affirm.

1). Initially, we note that the state introduced evidence of ten other alleged murders to aid in establishing appellant's identity as the perpetrator of the murders of Payne and...

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