COOPER v. STATE

31931.

238 Ga. 502 (1977)

233 S.E.2d 762

COOPER v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided March 8, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Ray, for appellant.

Lewis R. Slaton, District Attorney, Richard E. Hicks, Assistant District Attorney, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Isaac Byrd, Staff Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


HILL, Justice.

William Murray Cooper was tried and convicted of the offense of murder and received a sentence of life imprisonment. He appeals enumerating one error.

The defendant killed his niece with a pistol. The defendant had been in and out of Central State Hospital for the past 16 years. His sister, who was the mother of the deceased, and two sisters of the deceased witnessed the shooting and testified against the defendant at trial. They each stated...

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