POTEAT v. STATE

39760.

251 Ga. 87 (1983)

303 S.E.2d 452

POTEAT v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Rehearing Denied June 21, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Webb, Fowler & Tanner, J. Michael McGarity, for appellant.

W. Bryant Huff, District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Susan V. Boleyn, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


MARSHALL, Presiding Justice.

Dewey Lawson Poteat appeals from his conviction, in a consolidated trial, of the 1979 murder of Larry Paul Stephens and the 1981 murders of Donna Luck and Frances Canup, for which he was sentenced to three consecutive life sentences.

1. The appellant contends that the verdict was contrary to law, contrary to the evidence and strongly against the weight of the evidence in the case as to victim Stephens.

There was evidence...

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