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SHORT v. STATE

43190.

256 Ga. 170 (1986)

345 S.E.2d 594

SHORT v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided July 16, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clark, McLaughlin & Duttweiler, Michael C. Clark, for appellant.

Thomas C. Lawler III, District Attorney, Daniel J. Porter, Assistant District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, for appellee.

SMITH, Justice.

The appellant, Hazel Louise Short, was indicted in Gwinnett County for the murder of Catherine Tucker Whitehead. The State sought the death penalty. The jury found the appellant guilty of the murder, but they refused to impose the death penalty and she was sentenced to life imprisonment. She enumerates two errors in this appeal. We affirm.1

The appellant was arrested on March 20, 1984, for the kidnapping with bodily...

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