LAVENDER v. STATE

29931.

234 Ga. 608 (1975)

216 S.E.2d 855

LAVENDER v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided June 17, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stone & Pennington, John C. Pennington, K. Reid Berglund, for appellant.

Lewis R. Slaton, District Attorney, H. Allen Moye, Assistant District Attorney, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Kirby G. Atkinson, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


HALL, Justice.

This is an out-of-time appeal granted by the superior court pursuant to an order of the United States District Court, Northern District of Georgia, dated January 10, 1975, from Lavender's 1968 murder conviction. The law applicable to this appeal pre-dates the Criminal Code of 1968.

While the evidence is in conflict, there is evidence to show that the defendant had been drinking and was found sleeping on a couch in a tavern about 1:30 a. m. The...

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