BLAIR v. STATE

27726.

230 Ga. 409 (1973)

197 S.E.2d 362

BLAIR v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided April 13, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barker & Edenfield, Tom A. Edenfield, for appellant.

J. Max Cheney, 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.


JORDAN, Justice.

James Blair appeals his conviction and sentence to life imprisonment for the murder of Jerome Jones. Held:

1. Based on the assertion of an illegal arrest and the detention resulting therefrom, the defendant contends that the trial judge erred in admitting evidence, including statements from the defendant, and, more particularly, statements concerning the alleged weapon used, a knife.

It is undisputed that the homicide by stabbing...

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