WILSON v. STATE

41615.

254 Ga. 473 (1985)

330 S.E.2d 364

WILSON v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Rehearing Denied June 27, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Terry Jackson & Assoc., Michael G. Schiavone, for appellant.

Spencer Lawton, Jr., District Attorney, David T. Lock, Assistant District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Eddie Snelling, Jr., Senior Attorney, for appellee.


BELL, Justice.

Jesse Wilson was convicted of the murder of 85-year-old Claude Nichols and motor vehicle theft.1 He appeals, and we reverse.

On July 7, 1983, Nichols' car, a red Ford Fairmont, was found abandoned in Savannah, Georgia. In an attempt to locate Nichols several officers went to his apartment, where they discovered him on his bed, bound with neckties around his legs, hands, and neck. He had been dead approximately three...

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