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PERKINS v. STATE

No. S00A1781.

540 S.E.2d 613 (2001)

273 Ga. 320

PERKINS v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

January 8, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Billy M. Grantham, Donalsonville, for appellant.

J. Brown Moseley, District Attorney, Charles M. Stines, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Tammie J. Philbrick, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

FLETCHER, Presiding Justice.

Kelvin Perkins was convicted of malice murder in the shooting death of Willie Beard.1 He appeals, contending that the trial court erred in admitting the death certificate because it contained hearsay. Because the coroner who issued the death certificate testified, the trial court did not err in admitting the death certificate and we affirm.

The evidence at trial showed that Perkins and Beard got into...

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