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THORNTON v. STATE

43693.

256 Ga. 333 (1986)

349 S.E.2d 186

THORNTON v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided October 22, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan C. Manheim, for appellant.

Thomas J. Charron, District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, J. Michael Davis, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

WELTNER, Justice.

Nathaniel Thornton was indicted for the offense of murdering his common-law wife by beating her to death. He waived trial by jury. The trial court found him guilty and sentenced him to life imprisonment.1 His only enumeration of error on appeal relates to the sufficiency of the evidence.

1. Thornton contends that the only evidence against him was circumstantial, and that the state did not eliminate every reasonable...

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