SHEFFIELD v. STATE

33396.

241 Ga. 245 (1978)

244 S.E.2d 869

SHEFFIELD v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided April 19, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hester & Hester, Frank B. Hester, for appellant.

Lewis R. Slaton, District Attorney, H. Allen Moye, Assistant District Attorney, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Harrison Kohler, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


JORDAN, Justice.

Appellant appeals his conviction of murder and sentence of life imprisonment.

1. Appellant's first enumeration of error contends that the trial court erred by compelling Bessie Allen to testify after she had claimed a marital privilege and refused to testify against the appellant.

Allen was called as a witness for the state. After testifying that she had lived with the appellant for approximately ten years, appellant's attorney made...

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