PRIESTER v. STATE

No. S96A1818.

477 S.E.2d 128 (1996)

267 Ga. 264

PRIESTER v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

November 4, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Emory B. Bazemore, Andrea Snell Moyers, Savannah, for Priester.

Spencer Lawton, Jr., District Attorney, Melanie Higgins, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Beth Attaway, Assistant Attorney General, Dept. of Law, Atlanta, for State.


FLETCHER, Presiding Justice.

A jury convicted Jerome L. Priester of murder in connection with the shooting death of his wife, Rosa Lee Smith. The trial court sentenced Priester to life imprisonment on the murder count and five years for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and possession during the commission of a felony.1 Priester challenges the verdict as contrary to the evidence and law. We affirm.

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