GOODEN v. STATE

No. S91A1571.

410 S.E.2d 113 (1991)

261 Ga. 691

GOODEN v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

November 15, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth Markowitz, Atlanta, for Gooden.

Lewis R. Slaton, Dist. Atty., Michael J. Bowers, Atty. Gen., Mary H. Hines, Staff Atty., Susan V. Boleyn, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., Atlanta, for the State.

Carl Greenberg, Asst. Dist. Atty., Atlanta, Atty. Register.


CLARKE, Chief Justice.

Earnest J. Gooden was convicted of the malice murder of Minnie M. Jeffery and sentenced to life imprisonment.1

The defendant and victim had been involved in a tempestuous relationship for several years. The defendant was also intimately involved with Agnes Watkins. On July 22, 1990, the defendant was driving Watkins's car. He testified that he encountered a police roadblock, removed the gun Watkins kept under...

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