PENDERGRASS v. STATE

36043.

245 Ga. 626 (1980)

266 S.E.2d 225

PENDERGRASS v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided April 9, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry Boykin, Thomas M. Jackson, for appellant.

H. R. Thompson, District Attorney, Richard A. Malone, Assistant District Attorney, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Mary Beth Westmoreland, Staff Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


MARSHALL, Justice.

The appellant was convicted of the murder of Camilla Jones, and she was sentenced to life imprisonment. We affirm.

Evidence introduced by the state showed that the appellant's daughter and the victim had been involved in an altercation on the day of the murder. Elvyn Peebles, who was the appellant's boyfriend, testified that he heard gunshots coming from the victim's house that night. He saw the appellant coming out of the back door, and...

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