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CLIFTON v. STATE

No. S92A0008.

412 S.E.2d 277 (1992)

261 Ga. 825

CLIFTON v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

January 17, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sandra L. Heath, LaGrange, David R. Rogers, Alpharetta, for Clifton.

William G. Hamrick, Jr., Dist. Atty., Peter J. Skandalakis, Asst. Dist. Atty., Coweta Judicial Circuit, LaGrange, Michael J. Bowers, Atty. Gen., Atlanta, for State.

Mary H. Hines, Staff Atty., Atlanta.

WELTNER, Presiding Justice.

Calvin Clifton shot and killed Theodore Smith with a handgun. He beat his wife, Louise Clifton, with the same weapon. He was convicted by a jury of murder and aggravated assault, and was sentenced to life imprisonment and a term of years.1

1. The evidence is sufficient under Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307, 99 S.Ct. 2781, 61 L.Ed.2d 560 (1979).

2. A charge...

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