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MERRITT v. STATE

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255 Ga. 459 (1986)

339 S.E.2d 594

MERRITT v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided February 19, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Thomas Chason, for appellant.

Lewis R. Slaton, District Attorney, Benjamin H. Oehlert III, Assistant District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, for appellee.

CLARKE, Justice.

James Merritt was convicted of the murder of Samuel Legree Jones.1 Merritt admitted shooting the victim four times. He also admitted stealing the victim's car, watch and ring. His defense was killing in the heat of passion or justification. A Fulton County jury found him guilty of murder and theft by taking. He was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder and ten years for the theft, the sentences to run consecutively...

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