CURTIS v. STATE

34319.

243 Ga. 50 (1979)

252 S.E.2d 614

CURTIS v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided January 30, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. F. Chance, for appellant.

Charles Crawford, District Attorney, T. Joseph Campbell, Assistant District Attorney, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, John W. Dunsmore, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


HALL, Justice.

Johnny Curtis appeals his conviction and life sentence for the murder of Henry Curtis on Thanksgiving evening, 1977, at a club in Calhoun, Georgia. We affirm.

Witnesses for the state testified to an unprovoked attack by appellant on the victim, with a butcher knife. A scuffle of some sort ensued, during which appellant suffered a minor leg wound. No witness testified that a weapon was seen at any time on the victim. No witness testified to the...

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