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CHAPMAN v. STATE

44004.

257 Ga. 19 (1987)

354 S.E.2d 149

CHAPMAN v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided April 9, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David R. Osborne, for appellant.

Lewis R. Slaton, District Attorney, Joseph J. Drolet, Richard E. Hicks, Assistant District Attorneys, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Eddie Snelling, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

WELTNER, Justice.

Frank Chapman was convicted of the shotgun murder of his wife, Sara Chapman, and was sentenced to life imprisonment.1 Her body, clad in a nightgown, was found in a river on January 15, 1986. She had been missing for about a month.

Equilla Taylor stayed at the Chapman residence on an irregular basis. On December 19, 1985, she was at Chapman's house and was expecting the birth of a child. She went to sleep about...

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