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COFFEE v. STATE

27634.

230 Ga. 123 (1973)

195 S.E.2d 897

COFFEE v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided February 8, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Davis, Jr., for appellant.

Lewis R. Slaton, District Attorney, Joel M. Feldman, Morris H. Rosenberg, Jack E. Mallard, James H. Mobley, Jr., Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Harold N. Hill, Jr., Executive Assistant Attorney General, Courtney Wilder Stanton, Thomas W. Greene, Assistant Attorneys General, for appellee.

NICHOLS, Justice.

Willie James Coffee was indicted, tried and convicted for the murder of Cliffene Jones and sentenced to life imprisonment. The appeal is from this conviction. Prior to trial counsel for the defendant filed a written motion to have a court appointed psychiatrist examine the defendant to determine his mental competency, which motion was granted. On the call of the case for trial the court asked if such examination had been made and counsel for the...

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