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PATTERSON v. STATE

44188.

256 Ga. 740 (1987)

353 S.E.2d 338

PATTERSON v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided March 3, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Robert Joiner, for appellant.

Lewis R. Slaton, District Attorney, Benjamin H. Oehlert III, Assistant District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Susan V. Boleyn, Senior Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

GREGORY, Justice.

John Webster Patterson was convicted of the murder of Walter Lee Green and sentenced to life imprisonment.1 The evidence at trial showed that Patterson and the victim shared a room in the home of George Meriwether. On May 3, 1986, Patterson discovered his television set was missing. He repeatedly accused the victim of taking it; each time the victim denied knowing what had happened to the television. It is undisputed...

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