BAKER v. STATE

30834.

236 Ga. 754 (1976)

225 S.E.2d 269

BAKER v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided April 20, 1976.

Rehearing Denied May 4, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hatcher & Cook, Donald E. Strickland, for appellant.

William S. Lee, District Attorney, Loring A. Gray, Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, James L. Mackay, Staff Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


HALL, Justice.

The main question raised by Baker in this appeal from his murder conviction is the scope of the word "felony" in Georgia's felony murder statute. Code Ann. § 26-1101 (b).

Baker was indicted in two counts, for malice murder and felony murder in the shooting death of Roger Clark. The state's trial evidence tended to show that Baker shot Clark through the heart a few moments after firing an earlier shot over the heads of Clark and another...

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