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JONES v. STATE

S89A0436.

259 Ga. 603 (1989)

385 S.E.2d 400

JONES v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided November 9, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. Muffy Blue, for appellant.

Lewis R. Slaton, District Attorney, Rebecca A. Keel, Assistant District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, C. A. Benjamin Woolf, for appellee.

SMITH, Justice.

Appellant Charles Jones was indicted for the murder of William L. Richardson. A jury found him guilty, and he was sentenced to life imprisonment. We affirm.1

The appellant and the victim were friends. Two witnesses testified that the four men spent the evening of Friday, March 11, 1988, drinking together at a location known as the "Firebarrel." A fight began and both witnesses testified that the victim "got the...

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