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NORTON v. STATE

S93A0844.

263 Ga. 448 (1993)

435 S.E.2d 30

NORTON v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied October 22, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel D. Ozburn, for appellant.

Alan A. Cook, District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Susan V. Boleyn, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Rachelle L. Strausner, Staff Attorney, for appellee.

CLARKE, Chief Justice.

James Henry Norton was convicted of the malice murder of Melissa Douglas and sentenced to life imprisonment.1

Responding to the defendant's emergency call, police found the victim's body in the apartment she shared with the defendant. The victim had been stabbed repeatedly. Police discovered her four-year-old son sleeping in another room of the apartment. While police were investigating the scene of the crime...

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