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THOMAS v. STATE

33932, 33933.

242 Ga. 712 (1978)

251 S.E.2d 294

THOMAS v. THE STATE. WIMS v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided December 5, 1978.

Rehearing Denied December 19, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. David Botts, Ronald Arthur Lowry, for appellant (Case No. 33932).

Henning, Chambers & Mabry, Ronald Arthur Lowry, for appellant (Case No. 33933).

Lewis R. Slaton, District Attorney, Joseph J. Drolet, Tom Hayes, R. David Petersen, Assistant District Attorneys, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, G. Stephen Parker, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

HALL, Justice.

Appellants Charlie Lee Thomas and Marvin Lee Wims were convicted in 1977 in Fulton County Superior Court of the murder and armed robbery of Ernest Wilson. These are their appeals.

Wilson lived alone in an Atlanta rooming house and sold illegal whiskey. At the joint trial of Wims and Thomas, Gloria Askew testified for the state that Wims, Thomas, Angela Smith and she went to the victim's rooming house where she used a pretext to gain admission...

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