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COCHRAN v. STATE

71589, 71590.

177 Ga. App. 471 (1986)

339 S.E.2d 749

COCHRAN v. THE STATE. TOWNSEND v. THE STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided January 7, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harl C. Duffey III, for appellant (case no. 71589).

Robert J. Evans, for appellant (case no. 71590).

Stephen F. Lanier, District Attorney, H. Harold Chambers, Jr., Deborah D. Haygood, Assistant District Attorneys, for appellee.

BIRDSONG, Presiding Judge.

The appellants, Gary Cochran and James Townsend, appeal their conviction of arson in the first degree. Cochran and Townsend were domiciled in the Rome Diversion Center on August 5, 1984. The Diversion Center is a sentencing alternative following a criminal conviction when the judge does not desire to confine the convicted person in prison. Shortly after 11:00 a. m. on August 5, 1984, the duty officer at the Diversion Center heard an explosion...

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