SMITH v. STATE

35511.

245 Ga. 168 (1980)

263 S.E.2d 910

SMITH v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided February 5, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Keith Murphy, for appellant.

H. Lamar Cole, District Attorney, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, for appellee.


NICHOLS, Chief Justice.

Gene Lamar Smith appeals his convictions for murder and burglary, for which he was sentenced, respectively, to life imprisonment and twenty years to be served consecutively. The state had sought the death penalty.

1. He first contends that the testimony of his accomplice that he fired the fatal shots was not sufficiently corroborated and that the evidence is insufficient to support the verdict. The accomplice, Shirley Jean Baker, testified...

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