NICHOLS, Chief Justice.
The appellant was convicted of murder in Chatham County Superior Court in 1971 and sentenced to life imprisonment. Appellant later filed a petition for habeas corpus alleging denial of the right to appeal. The habeas court then ordered that an out-of-time appeal be granted.
The record shows that at around 5:30 p. m., February 23, 1970, the nearly nude body of a man with fatal head injuries was found in a rural area of Chatham County...
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