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WEST v. STATE

39940.

251 Ga. 458 (1983)

306 S.E.2d 909

WEST v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided September 21, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rentz & Shepard, Ronald H. Rentz, for appellant.

Charles M. Ferguson, District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Mary Beth Westmoreland, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

CLARKE, Justice.

West was indicted in Early County for the murder of Jerry Lester and for aggravated assault on Mose Freeman. A jury convicted him on both counts; he received a life sentence on the murder count and ten years on the aggravated assault to run concurrently. In this appeal he raises the sufficiency of the evidence as to each element of the crime of murder under Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307 (99 S.C. 2781, 61 LE2d 560...

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