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LAWRENCE v. STATE

32986.

241 Ga. 36 (1978)

243 S.E.2d 78

LAWRENCE v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided March 10, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. G. Bozeman, Clayton Burke, for appellant.

B. B. Hayes, District Attorney, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, B. Dean Grindle, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

JORDAN, Justice.

Monroe Lawrence was convicted of the murder of Joe William Manning, sentenced to life imprisonment and appeals.

The evidence showed that on May 19, 1975, the appellant, his brother and father were in a bar in Soperton when the appellant became involved in an argument with the victim, who tended the bar. The Lawrences left, then appellant returned to the bar where the argument continued over whether...

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