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SPENCER v. STATE

30609.

236 Ga. 697 (1976)

224 S.E.2d 910

SPENCER v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided April 6, 1976.

Rehearing Denied April 27, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Ruffin, Jr., for appellant.

Richard E. Allen, District Attorney, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Kirby G. Atkinson, Staff Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

JORDAN, Justice.

James Lee Spencer was indicted for murder, aggravated assault, and escape by the Grand Jury of Burke County, was tried before a jury and found guilty and sentenced to death for murder, and ten years each on the charges of aggravated assault and escape to run concurrently with each other. His case is before this court on appeal and for mandatory review of the death sentence imposed.

The state's evidence was as follows:

L. O. Beazley...

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