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BIRT v. HOPPER

35268.

245 Ga. 221 (1980)

265 S.E.2d 276

BIRT v. HOPPER.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided February 6, 1980.

Rehearing Denied February 26, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lloyd D. Thompson, Eric G. Kocher, Jack Greenberg, John Charles Boger, Anthony G. Amsterdam, for appellant.

Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, John W. Dunsmore, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, H. Reginald Thompson, District Attorney, for appellee.

HILL, Justice.

Billy Sunday Birt was convicted of the burglary, armed robbery and murders of Mr. and Mrs. Reid Oliver Fleming, Sr. The evidence showed that the Flemings had been tortured and then strangled to death with coat hangers among other devices. Birt was sentenced to death for each of the murders and his death sentences were upheld on direct appeal. Birt v. State, 236 Ga. 815 (225 S.E.2d 248

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