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STROZIER v. STATE

42363.

254 Ga. 712 (1985)

334 S.E.2d 181

STROZIER v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided September 12, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mims & Henderson, Larry B. Mims, for appellant.

David E. Perry, District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Staff Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

WELTNER, Justice.

James Lee Strozier was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment for killing his wife with a machete.1

Strozier followed his estranged wife and their children to Tifton, where he had tried, for several months, to effect a reconciliation. An off-duty police officer, who lived in the apartment above Mrs. Strozier, heard her screaming, saw Strozier striking her with what appeared to be a newspaper, and...

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