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SMITH v. STATE

No. S96A1580.

480 S.E.2d 838 (1997)

267 Ga. 502

SMITH v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

February 17, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sarina J. Woods, Atlanta, for Smith.

Lewis R. Slaton, Dist. Atty., Michael J. Bowers, Atty. Gen., Beth Attaway, Asst. Atty. Gen., Department of Law, and Kirby Clements, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., Atlanta, for the State.

BENHAM, Chief Justice.

This appeal is from Jimmy Lee Smith's conviction for felony murder.1 The victim's body was found behind a dumpster. Smith's wife told the police that she saw him cut up a blood-stained square of carpet and wipe off a large stick, which she described as a baseball bat that Smith kept behind their apartment door. Based on that information, police officers searched the apartment...

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