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FLORENCE v. STATE

34619.

243 Ga. 738 (1979)

256 S.E.2d 467

FLORENCE v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided May 31, 1979.

Rehearing Denied June 21, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Guy E. Scott, Jr., John K. Larkins, Jr., for appellant.

Harry N. Gordon, District Attorney, B. Thomas Cook, Assistant District Attorney, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, William B. Hill, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Elmo L. Florence, Sr., pro se.

JORDAN, Justice.

Elmo Liston Florence and John Henry Mooney were indicted for the contract killing of T. K. Harty, the owner of a tavern in Athens. In separate trials both were convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment. Mooney's appeal was heard by this court in Mooney v. State, 243 Ga. 373 (254 S.E.2d 337) (1979), and his conviction was affirmed.

The evidence in both cases is substantially...

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