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LATHAN v. STATE

18990.

211 Ga. 716 (1955)

88 S.E.2d 379

LATHAN v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided July 12, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Irwin R. Kimzey, Kimzey & Kimzey, Herbert B. Kimzey, for plaintiff in error.

Winston Owen, Solicitor-General, Eugene Cook, Attorney-General, Rubye G. Jackson, contra.

DUCKWORTH, Chief Justice.

Mrs. Elsie Mae Lathan and her two children, Roy and Willene Lathan, were indicted by the grand jury of Habersham County for the offense of murder of Clyde Lathan, the husband and the father of those indicted, by shooting him with a pistol and rifle, inflicting wounds from which he died. This case involves the trial and conviction of Elsie Mae Lathan only, since they were tried separately. There were no eyewitnesses to the shooting except...

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