JOHNSON v. STATE

34076.

242 Ga. 822 (1979)

251 S.E.2d 563

JOHNSON v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided January 5, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Calhoun, Cohen & Associates, George M. Hubbard, for appellant.

Andrew J. Ryan, III, District Attorney, Joseph D. Newman, Assistant District Attorney, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Susan V. Boleyn, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


NICHOLS, Chief Justice.

Johnson was tried and convicted for the murder of his estranged wife. He was sentenced to life imprisonment. He appeals. This court affirms.

His sister-in-law testified that she was listening in on an extension telephone one morning when he told his wife he was going to kill her. On the next afternoon he left work early, went to his parents' house and got a gun. He then went to a sporting goods store and purchased ammunition for the...

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