PENDER v. STATE

38522.

249 Ga. 495 (1982)

292 S.E.2d 69

PENDER v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided June 2, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth C. Calhoun, for appellant.

Joseph H. Briley, District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Daryl A. Robinson, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


JORDAN, Chief Justice.

Sixteen-year-old Scot Pender was convicted in Hancock County of the murder of his mother, Kathryn Pender Nicholls, and was sentenced to life imprisonment.

The victim was beaten and choked to death. Scot testified that he was in his bedroom preparing for bed when his mother, who previously had retired for the night, called to him from her bedroom for help; that when he went to her aid he was struck by a person on the nose and mouth and...

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