HAMILTON v. STATE

S90A0014.

260 Ga. 3 (1990)

389 S.E.2d 225

HAMILTON v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided March 8, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hollingsworth & Richardson, W. Gene Richardson, for appellant.

Stephen F. Lanier, District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Richard C. Litwin, for appellee.


WELTNER, Justice.

Courtney Hamilton shot and killed Willinda Jean Johnson with a handgun. He was convicted of malice murder and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, and was sentenced to life imprisonment and to a term of years.1

Hamilton had threatened to kill Johnson on the day before the homicide, as well as on several other occasions within a few weeks of the shooting. Johnson was shot after she and Hamilton...

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