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SMITH v. STATE

30205, 30268.

236 Ga. 12 (1976)

222 S.E.2d 308

SMITH v. THE STATE (two cases).

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided January 6, 1976.

Rehearing Denied January 27, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Byrd, Groover & Buford, Floyd M. Buford, for appellant (case no. 30205).

Van G. Hawkins, for appellant (case no. 30268).

Fred Hasty, District Attorney, W. Donald Thompson, Assistant District Attorney, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Lois F. Oakley, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

JORDAN, Justice.

Appellants, husband and wife, were charged in two counts with the murder of Joseph Ronald Akins and his wife Juanita Knight Akins. At separate trials both were convicted and sentenced to death on each count. With minor exceptions, the enumerated errors are common to both cases. The cases were consolidated on appeal and will be thus treated.

Joseph Ronald Akins and his wife of twenty days, Juanita Knight Akins, were killed in a secluded area...

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