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RUCKER v. STATE

No. S97A0681.

489 S.E.2d 844 (1997)

268 Ga. 406

RUCKER v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

September 22, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M.V. Booker, Washington, for Danny Alton Rucker.

Lindsay A. Tise, Jr., Dist. Atty., Hartwell, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Angelica M. Woo, Asst. Atty. Gen., Paula K. Smith, Senior Asst. Atty. Gen., Department of Law, Atlanta, for the State.

THOMPSON, Justice.

A jury convicted Danny Alton Rucker of felony murder with the underlying felony of armed robbery in the stabbing death of Lou Ellen Rowland, and aggravated assault on Renee Maxwell.1 Although the State sought the death penalty, the jury returned a life sentence, and a sentence of life plus 20 years was imposed. Rucker appeals from the judgment of conviction and from the denial of his motion for new trial, asserting ineffective...

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