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DICKEY v. STATE

32802.

240 Ga. 634 (1978)

242 S.E.2d 55

DICKEY v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided January 20, 1978.

Rehearing Denied February 8, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brown, Katz & Flatau, S. Phillip Brown, Richard M. Katz, for appellant.

Walker P. Johnson, District Attorney, Willis B. Sparks, III, Assistant District Attorney, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, William B. Hill, Jr., for appellee.

HILL, Justice.

Following a change of venue to Bibb County, the defendant was convicted by a jury of the murder of Crawford County Deputy Sheriff Allen Kay O'Neal. The jury found that the offense of murder was committed against a peace officer while engaged in the performance of his official duties but recommended mercy to the court, and the defendant was sentenced to life imprisonment.

Several witnesses testified to encounters between the deputy sheriff and...

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