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FOSHEE v. STATE

43636.

256 Ga. 555 (1986)

350 S.E.2d 416

FOSHEE v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied December 18, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cook, Noell, Tolley, Aldridge & Morris, Edward D. Tolley, Donna J. Salem, for appellant.

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

CLARKE, Presiding Justice.

Appellant was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for the beating death of his wife.1 Although he contended that the injuries were caused by a fall while she was intoxicated, the autopsy findings according to the state's pathologist were not consistent with a fall but were consistent with injuries inflicted by a fist or hand. A pathologist called by appellant attempted to discredit the state's expert...

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