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BURTON v. STATE

24079.

223 Ga. 393 (1967)

156 S.E.2d 74

BURTON v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided May 18, 1967.

Rehearing Denied June 8, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. McGuigan, for appellant.

Lewis R. Slaton, Solicitor General, Jess H. Watson, J. Walter LeCraw, Amber W. Anderson, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, G. Ernest Tidwell, Executive Assistant Attorney General, Carter A. Setliff, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

UNDERCOFLER, Justice.

A. W. Burton was convicted of the murder of Lewis Pope, Jr. and upon recommendation of the jury for mercy was sentenced to life imprisonment. The evidence shows that about 11 p. m., Easter Sunday night, April 10, 1966, the defendant took the decedent's estranged wife, Willie Pope, to the Peacock Club located on Auburn Avenue in the City of Atlanta. The decedent was also at the Peacock Club. Willie Pope...

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