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HANSON v. STATE

45526.

258 Ga. 564 (1988)

372 S.E.2d 436

HANSON v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided October 7, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Millard C. Farmer, Jr., Joseph M. Nursey, for appellant.

William G. Hamrick, Jr., District Attorney, Peter J. Skandalakis, Assistant District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Eddie Snelling, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

BELL, Justice.

The appellant, James Robin Hanson, was convicted of malice murder and was sentenced to life imprisonment. He appeals, and we affirm.*

On July 20, 1987, a series of altercations in Newnan, Georgia, between Hanson and the victim, Benjamin Crews, culminated in Hanson killing Crews with a single shot from a pistol. Earlier that day, Hanson, Crews, and Pierce Shaw (a friend of...

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