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LOPEZ v. STATE

46243.

259 Ga. 39 (1989)

376 S.E.2d 673

LOPEZ v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided March 2, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry Haywood Turner III, for appellant.

William J. Smith, District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Andrew S. Ree, for appellee.

HUNT, Justice.

Jose Antonio Lopez was convicted by a jury for the felony murder of Brittany Wardwell, a 4-month-old girl, and sentenced to life imprisonment.1 He appeals, enumerating as error the general grounds and prosecutorial misconduct.

The defendant occasionally took care of the victim, his girl friend's daughter. After spending the day with his girl friend and the victim, the defendant asked to keep the victim overnight...

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