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McCANNON v. STATE

No. S97A1279.

489 S.E.2d 801 (1997)

268 Ga. 393

McCANNON v. The STATE

Supreme Court of Georgia.

September 15, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

B.W. Crecelius, Sr., Newborn, for Franklin Joseph McCannon, Jr.

Fredric Daniel Bright, Dist. Atty., Paul L. Groth, Asst. Dist. Atty., Madison, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Christopher S. Brasher, Asst. Atty. Gen., Paula K. Smith, Senior Asst. Atty. Gen., Department of Law, Atlanta, for the State.

THOMPSON, Justice.

Franklin Joseph McCannon, Jr. was convicted by a jury of the malice murder of Jesse Thomas "Jay" Black.1 The State's evidence showed that the day before the murder, Black held a loaded gun to McCannon's head in the parking lot of the wood processing plant where they were both employed. After this incident but prior to the murder, McCannon's co-workers heard him make threats against Black. On the day of the murder, McCannon...

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