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GODFREY v. STATE

34256.

243 Ga. 302 (1979)

253 S.E.2d 710

GODFREY v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided February 27, 1979.

Rehearing Denied March 27, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Calloway Holmes, Jr., Gerry E. Holmes, for appellant.

John T. Perrin, District Attorney, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, John W. Dunsmore, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

HALL, Justice.

Appellant, Robert Franklin Godfrey, was tried in Polk County for the murder of his wife and mother-in-law and for aggravated assault on his eleven-year-old daughter. Following his conviction by a jury, he was sentenced to death for each of the murders and to 10 years imprisonment for the aggravated assault. He appeals to this court on enumerated errors and for mandatory review of the death sentences imposed.

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