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SMITH v. STATE

37864.

248 Ga. 507 (1981)

284 S.E.2d 406

SMITH v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided November 18, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Talley & Talley, James B. Talley, Jr., Vinson & Osborne, Kenneth G. Vinson, for appellant.

William A. Foster III, District Attorney, Barbara V. Tinsley, Assistant District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Nicholas G. Dumich, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

MARSHALL, Justice.

This is a murder case in which the appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment. Although no eyewitnesses testified that they actually observed the appellant kill the victim, the evidence can be accurately described as overwhelming. Essentially, this is what happened:

On the evening of September 1, 1979, the victim, Charles Allen, and the defendant, Norman Smith, attended a party on Harris Road in...

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