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CARTER v. STATE

26561.

227 Ga. 788 (1971)

183 S.E.2d 392

CARTER v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided July 9, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce W. Kirbo, Harold Lambert, for appellant.

A. Wallace Cato, District Attorney, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Harold N. Hill, Jr., Executive Assistant Attorney General, Courtney Wilder Stanton, Assistant Attorney General, W. Hensell Harris, Jr., for appellee.

UNDERCOFLER, Justice.

Polk A. Carter was convicted of the murder of Jim Clark who died of arsenic poisoning on August 6, 1969. The defendant was sentenced to life imprisonment.

The evidence shows that Effie Bell Clark was the victim's wife. She and the victim had married in 1968 shortly after the death of her first husband. The defendant is her son-in-law. His wife is Pearl Bell Carter. Pearl Bell Carter had been instrumental in having her mother, Effie, committed...

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