OVERMAN v. STATE

39211.

250 Ga. 494 (1983)

299 S.E.2d 542

OVERMAN v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided January 25, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jimmy W. Jones, for appellant.

Thomas J. Charron, District Attorney, James F. Morris, Assistant District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Mary Beth Westmoreland, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


HILL, Chief Justice.

Royal Charles Overman, Jr., was tried and convicted of the murder of Patricia Richardson and was given a life sentence. He appeals.

On the afternoon of Sunday, August 23, 1981, Alice Hopkins called the defendant at his home. They had met at a bar the night before, and she had taken his phone number. She said she'd be over to see him that afternoon. After she arrived, she and the defendant sat in his apartment, talking and drinking. During...

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