PHELPS v. STATE

35594.

245 Ga. 338 (1980)

265 S.E.2d 53

PHELPS v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided February 27, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugh Q. Wallace, for appellant.

W. Donald Thompson, District Attorney, Willis B. Sparks, III, Assistant District Attorney, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, William B. Hill, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


NICHOLS, Chief Justice.

Ronnie Phelps was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment.

The jury heard evidence authorizing the following facts to be found: Phelps and Julius Edward Washington had a scuffle in Swan's Pool Room in Macon. Bystanders separated the two and both left the premises. Phelps contacted several persons outside the pool room seeking to buy or borrow a pistol. Washington returned to the poolroom that evening. A few minutes later...

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