DAVIS v. STATE

34193, 34289.

246 Ga. 432 (1980)

273 S.E.2d 401

DAVIS v. THE STATE. SPRAGGINS v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided September 24, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ted A. Schumacher, Woods, Bryan & Thomas, Larry D. Woods, for appellant (Case No. 34193).

A. Vernon Belcher, LeBouf, Lamb, Leiby & MacRae, Howard S. Ockman, for appellant (Case No. 34289).

William F. Lee, Jr., District Attorney, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, John W. Dunsmore, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


BOWLES, Justice.

The United States Supreme Court vacated the death sentences in the companion cases of Davis v. State, 242 Ga. 901 (252 S.E.2d 443) (1979) and Spraggins v. State, 243 Ga. 73 (252 S.E.2d 620) (1979) and remanded both cases for further consideration in light of Godfrey v.

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