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COFIELD v. STATE

36742.

247 Ga. 98 (1981)

274 S.E.2d 530

COFIELD v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided February 10, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ransom & Axam, Tony L. Axam, for appellant.

Randall Peek, District Attorney, Jonathan C. Peters, Assistant District Attorney, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, William B. Hill, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

HILL, Presiding Justice.

This is a death penalty case.

Fabien K. Cofield was indicted by the DeKalb County grand jury for the malice murder and armed robbery of Howard Allen Bais. A jury found him guilty on both counts and sentenced him to life imprisonment for the armed robbery and death for the murder.

A witness for the state, Arnold Debran, testified that he found the victim lying on his back on the floor of a Majik Market store at approximately...

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