VAUGHN v. STATE

36799.

247 Ga. 136 (1981)

274 S.E.2d 479

VAUGHN v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided February 11, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth D. Kondritzer, for appellant.

H. Reginald Thompson, District Attorney, Richard A. Malone, W. Steven Askew, Assistant District Attorneys, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, W. Davis Hewitt, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


CLARKE, Justice.

Helen Vaughn was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. The victim, Ray Gene Oglesby, an Emanuel County farmer, died of acute arsenic poisoning. Appellant and her husband, Junior Vaughn, were employees of Oglesby and lived on his place. There was testimony at trial that the Vaughns owed the victim money on their house and that they were delinquent in paying it.

Approximately one week after the burial of the victim, the appellant...

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