JOHNSON v. STATE

44027.

256 Ga. 604 (1987)

351 S.E.2d 623

JOHNSON v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided January 14, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Drew R. Dubrin, for appellant.

Lewis R. Slaton, District Attorney, Benjamin H. Oehlert III, Assistant District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


GREGORY, Justice.

Jessie Paul Johnson was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment.1 We affirm.

From the evidence adduced at trial, the jury could have found that Johnson and the victim, Terry Bernard Smith, had lived together for approximately a year and a half. The two men constantly quarreled. Their bickering eventually prompted Johnson to move out of Smith's apartment in Bankhead Courts in Atlanta.

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