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WATKINS v. STATE

38265.

249 Ga. 3 (1982)

287 S.E.2d 24

WATKINS v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided February 9, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vernon S. Pitts, Jr., for appellant.

Lewis R. Slaton, District Attorney, Benjamin H. Oehlert III, Assistant District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Virginia H. Jeffries, for appellee.

MARSHALL, Justice.

Tony L. Watkins was convicted of the armed robbery and murder of Milton Dixon, and sentenced to life imprisonment. His sole enumerated error is that the evidence does not support the verdict. Evidence was adduced at the trial as follows:

Alton Lee, Jr., lived with his father, victim Milton Dixon, in Atlanta. On the night of December 20, 1980, Lee's girl friend, Deborah Sasnett, and Dixon's girl friend, Sheila Webb, were visiting at Dixon...

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