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AKINS v. STATE

28356.

231 Ga. 411 (1973)

202 S.E.2d 62

AKINS v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided November 9, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Garland & Garland, Theodore S. Worozbyt, Donald C. Beskin, for appellant.

Richard Bell, District Attorney, Hardaway Young, III, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Courtney Wilder Stanton, Assistant Attorney General, B. Dean Grindle, Jr., Deputy Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

NICHOLS, Justice.

The defendant was indicted and convicted for the offenses of kidnapping, rape and burglary occurring on November 19, 1972. On March 28, 1973, the Governor signed into law an Act to provide for the imposition of the death sentence, which law became effective by its terms on such date. Ga. L. 1973, p. 159. The defendant was convicted upon a trial which began on May 7, 1973, and sentenced to death. The appeal...

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