RUTLEDGE v. STATE

36028.

245 Ga. 768 (1980)

267 S.E.2d 199

RUTLEDGE v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided May 7, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Perry & Perry, David E. Perry, for appellant.

Thomas H. Pittman, District Attorney, Curtis M. French, Assistant District Attorney, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Nicholas G. Dumich, Staff Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


NICHOLS, Justice.

This is the direct appeal of William Walker Rutledge, who was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Tony Anthony Phillips.

The jury heard evidence sufficient to enable any rational trier of the facts to find the following as facts beyond a reasonable doubt: The argument which culminated in the shooting arose out of an accusation by Rutledge that the victim's cousin, Janice Byrd, had stolen marijuana from Rutledge...

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