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ECHOLS v. STATE

42429.

255 Ga. 311 (1986)

338 S.E.2d 259

ECHOLS v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided January 7, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gordy & Key, Timothy S. Minors, for appellant.

Arthur E. Mallory III, District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Staff Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

HILL, Chief Justice.

Raymond Echols was convicted by a jury of the murder of Richard Bailey and sentenced to life imprisonment.1 He brings this appeal.

The evidence in this case supports the verdict. It is, in fact, overwhelming. The defendant and the victim had had a minor altercation earlier in the day. Later, two eyewitnesses were watching the kneeling victim shoot craps on the kitchen floor. The defendant appeared suddenly...

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