WEST v. STATE

32726.

240 Ga. 378 (1977)

240 S.E.2d 854

WEST v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided November 29, 1977.

Rehearing Denied December 15, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Twitty & Twitty, Frank S. Twitty, Jr., for appellant.

A. Wallace Cato, District Attorney, Smith, Geer, Brimberry & Kaplan, Peter Zack Geer, L. Earl Jones, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, John W. Dunsmore, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


MARSHALL, Justice.

The defendant appeals from his conviction of murder, for which he received a life sentence. His enumeration of errors raises the two issues of the sufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict and the alleged violation of the jury's privacy by eavesdropping on the jury room during its deliberation.

1. The appellant's principal contention with regard to the evidence is that the state failed to prove the element

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