AVERA v. STATE

26824.

228 Ga. 571 (1972)

186 S.E.2d 867

AVERA v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided January 19, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shepard & Berenthien, Virgil H. Shepard, Helen Berenthien, for appellant.

Jack J. Gautier, District Attorney, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Harold N. Hill, Jr., Executive Assistant Attorney General, Courtney Wilder Stanton, David L. G. King, Jr., Assistant Attorneys General, for appellee.


HAWES, Justice.

William Hugh Avera was convicted of the murder of Donald Stickney and sentenced to imprisonment for the remainder of his natural life. He filed a motion for a new trial on the general grounds only, which was overruled, and he appealed to this court. He contends that the evidence upon which his conviction rests was wholly circumstantial and that it was insufficient to exclude every other reasonable hypothesis save the guilt of the accused. While the...

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