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BROWN v. STATE

44306.

257 Ga. 330 (1987)

357 S.E.2d 563

BROWN v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied July 30, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ben Barron Ross, Walton Hardin, for appellant.

Dennis C. Sanders, District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

GREGORY, Justice.

Jeffery Noel Brown was convicted of the murder of Cheryl Ann Hughes, and sentenced to life imprisonment.1 The evidence shows that on the evening of May 24, 1984, the defendant and victim went to a lake in Lincoln County, Georgia, where they drank beer and smoked marijuana. During the day the defendant had consumed, by his own admission, "one fifth and one pint" of whiskey. According to the defendant's post-arrest statements...

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