DUPREE v. STATE

19661.

213 Ga. 348 (1957)

99 S.E.2d 81

DUPREE v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided May 16, 1957.

Rehearing Denied June 12, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Dale Thompson, for plaintiff in error.

W. W. Larsen, Harold E. Ward, Solicitor-General, Eugene Cook, Attorney-General, Rubye G. Jackson, contra.


ALMAND, Justice.

On the indictment charging him with murder, Lem Dupree on his trial was found guilty of killing Annie Smith by shooting her with a shotgun, and was sentenced to death. His motion for a new trial was denied, and he seeks a review of that judgment.

The evidence in the record discloses that the defendant, on October 11, 1956, came to the home of Nettie Mae Walker and threatened to cut Smithy Locke, a sister of Walker, with a knife. The police...

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