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POTTS v. STATE

45261.

258 Ga. 430 (1988)

369 S.E.2d 746

POTTS v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied July 29, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jimmy D. Berry, for appellant.

Thomas J. Charron, District Attorney, Debra H. Bernes, Assistant District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, for appellee.

BELL, Justice.

This appeal presents an issue of procedural double jeopardy under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments and the 1983 Ga. Const., Art. I, Sec. I, Par. XVIII. In 1975, the defendant, Jack Howard Potts, was convicted in Cobb Superior Court of certain criminal offenses. His sentences included two death sentences. This court affirmed his convictions, reversed one of the death sentences, and affirmed the remaining death...

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