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STATE v. PATILLO

S92A0232.

262 Ga. 259 (1992)

417 S.E.2d 139

THE STATE v. PATILLO.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided June 11, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Willis B. Sparks III, District Attorney, Thomas J. Matthews, Robin O. Flanders, Assistant District Attorneys, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, for appellant.

Christina L. Hunt, for appellee.

HUNT, Justice.

We granted this interlocutory appeal to determine whether the trial court was correct in ruling that in a trial on the issue of the defendant's mental retardation pursuant to Fleming v. Zant, 259 Ga. 687 (386 S.E.2d 339) (1989), the consequences of the jury's finding on the retardation issue should not be disclosed to the jury.

In 1988, we affirmed Patillo's conviction...

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