DAVIS v. STATE

31943.

238 Ga. 490 (1977)

233 S.E.2d 189

DAVIS v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided February 23, 1977.

Rehearing Denied March 8, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Johnson & Jones, Jean E. Johnson, Jr., for appellant.

John T. Perren, District Attorney, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, John W. Dunsmore, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


UNDERCOFLER, Presiding Justice.

Billy Wayne Davis appeals his conviction and life sentence for murder. He contends that co-defendant Billy Sunday Birt's testimony was not adequately corroborated, that the state improperly injected his character into the trial by introducing evidence of other crimes, and that several charges given were inaccurate statements of the law while others requested were incorrectly refused. We affirm.

1. Davis' first enumeration raises...

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