DEAN v. STATE

31970.

238 Ga. 537 (1977)

233 S.E.2d 789

DEAN v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided March 10, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter J. Krebs, for appellant.

Lewis R. Slaton, District Attorney, R. David Petersen, Carole E. Wall, Assistant District Attorneys, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Kirby G. Atkinson, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


JORDAN, Justice.

Appellant was convicted of murder. He was sentenced to life imprisonment and appeals.

1. Appellant Dean claims that the verdict is strongly against the weight of the evidence because the chief prosecution witness gave "biased" testimony. The state's evidence showed that Dean went to the apartment of his ex-wife at approximately midnight, carrying a rifle; that he falsely identified himself as a neighbor, in order to get his ex-wife to open...

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