SIMMONS v. STATE

38917.

249 Ga. 860 (1982)

295 S.E.2d 84

SIMMONS et al. v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided September 23, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vallerina F. Day, Carl P. Greenberg, for appellants.

Lewis R. Slaton, District Attorney, Margaret V. Lines, Assistant District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Victoria H. Soto, Staff Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


CLARKE, Justice.

James Albert Simmons and Ronald Jones were convicted of the murder of Daniel Deshield following a bench trial in the Superior Court of Fulton County and sentenced to life imprisonment. They appeal.

The victim's roommate testified that the deceased, a homosexual, brought appellants to their apartment. The three men drank brandy and beer and smoked marijuana. The roommate only drank beer. He left for a job interview, planning to make a phone...

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