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GROSS v. STATE

62847.

161 Ga. App. 489 (1982)

288 S.E.2d 733

GROSS v. THE STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided March 3, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

B. C. Baxter, Jr., John B. Long, for appellant.

J. Lane Johnston, District Attorney, for appellee.

BIRDSONG, Judge.

The appellant Tommy Wesley Gross was convicted of kidnapping for ransom and sentenced to life imprisonment. Held:

1. The trial court did not err in admitting in evidence two notebooks, representing handwriting samples, for comparison with the kidnapping ransom note, and in refusing to strike the testimony of the state's expert witness as to comparison of these notebooks with the ransom note. Code Ann. § 38-709 provides: "Other...

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