PITTMAN v. STATE

35602.

245 Ga. 453 (1980)

PITTMAN v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided March 13, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Petrella, for appellant.

J. Lane Johnston, District Attorney, William T. Hankins, III, Assistant District Attorney, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Mary Beth Westmoreland, Staff Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


CLARKE, Justice.

The appellant was convicted in Bulloch Superior Court for the murder and armed robbery of Paul Hendrix. He received a sentence of life imprisonment for the murder and fifteen years to run concurrently for the armed robbery. A co-defendant, Jimmy Dees, had entered a plea of guilty to the crimes and testified for the state.

Dees testified that he and the appellant had spent the day of the incident together in and around Claxton, Georgia. Dees...

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