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ROWLAND v. STATE

44189.

257 Ga. 25 (1987)

354 S.E.2d 145

ROWLAND v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided April 9, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Word & Flinn, Gerald P. Word, T. Michael Flinn, for appellant.

Arthur E. Mallory III, District Attorney, William G. Hamrick, Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Mary Beth Westmoreland, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

WELTNER, Justice.

Sam Eugene Rowland shot and killed his wife with a handgun. He was indicted for malice murder, convicted, and sentenced to life imprisonment.1 His defense was insanity.

1. The evidence in this case meets the requirements of Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307 (99 S.C. 2781, 61 LE2d 560) (1979).

2. Before Rowland was indicted...

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