CHAFIN v. STATE

36552.

246 Ga. 709 (1980)

273 S.E.2d 147

CHAFIN v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided November 14, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James V. Pleasants, for appellant.

Glenn Thomas, Jr., District Attorney, John B. Johnson, III, Assistant District Attorney, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, W. Davis Hewitt, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


HILL, Justice.

Joseph Byron Chafin was indicted for malice murder and armed robbery of Norman Pitts, the night clerk at the Oak Park Inn in Brunswick. He was tried by a jury, convicted on both counts, and sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder and twenty years imprisonment for the armed robbery, the sentences to run consecutively.

Jackie Beaver testified at length as to his and the defendant's activities on the night of the crime. He stated that he...

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