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HATCHETT v. STATE

S90A0302.

259 Ga. 857 (1990)

388 S.E.2d 694

HATCHETT v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided March 1, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard W. Mobley, for appellant.

Douglas C. Pullen, District Attorney, Martha D. Blackmon, Assistant District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Richard C. Litwin, for appellee.

CLARKE, Chief Justice.

Henry Lee Hatchett, Jr. was convicted of the malice murder of Diane Hatchett, his former wife, and sentenced to life imprisonment.1

The evidence at trial showed that several months following their divorce the Hatchetts attempted a reconciliation, and discussed remarrying. Subsequently the defendant discovered a love letter to the victim from a man with whom she had been involved during their marriage. The...

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