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CLAY v. STATE

44115.

256 Ga. 797 (1987)

353 S.E.2d 517

CLAY v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided March 12, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Floyd H. Farless, for appellant.

Stephen F. Lanier, District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, J. Michael Davis, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

WELTNER, Justice.

Kevin Clay was convicted of the malice murder of Brian Carroll and was sentenced to life imprisonment.1 Clay and Carroll worked on the same shift at a manufacturing plant. The two quarreled. Without warning, Clay struck Carroll on the head with a metal tube. Carroll collapsed immediately and never regained consciousness. The blow resulted in an injury to Carroll's brain stem which caused his death. Nine workers witnessed...

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