COATES v. STATE

42696.

255 Ga. 183 (1985)

336 S.E.2d 255

COATES v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided November 20, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Kyle Weeks, for appellant.

H. Lamar Cole, District Attorney, Robert D. Cullifer, Assistant District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Staff Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


CLARKE, Justice.

Appellant Floyd Tyrone Coates, Jr., stabbed Terry Jones in the presence of three witnesses. The stab wounds resulted in Jones' death. There was testimony that the victim tried to escape the appellant and that appellant chased him. Appellant admitted at trial that he had stabbed the victim after chasing him into a blind corner.1

In his appeal appellant brings one enumeration of error: that the evidence was insufficient...

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