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FIELDS v. STATE

23021.

221 Ga. 307 (1965)

144 S.E.2d 339

FIELDS v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided September 9, 1965.

Rehearing Denied September 22, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Aaron Kravitch, John J. Sullivan, John Wright Jones, for plaintiff in error.

Andrew J. Ryan, Jr., Solicitor General, Andrew J. Ryan, III, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Rubye G. Jackson, Assistant Attorney General, contra.

ALMAND, Justice.

The defendant, Rufus L. Fields, was tried in the Superior Court of Chatham County for the murder of his wife. The jury returned a verdict of guilty with a recommendation of mercy and the trial judge sentenced the defendant to life imprisonment. His amended motion for new trial having been overruled, the defendant brings his case to this court for review, assigning error on the overruling of this motion.

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