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BOSWELL v. STATE

No. S02A0796.

572 S.E.2d 565 (2002)

275 Ga. 689

BOSWELL v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

November 12, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Claudia S. Saari, Decatur, for appellant.

J. Tom Morgan, Dist. Atty., Barbara B. Conroy, Asst. Dist. Atty., Thurbert E. Baker, Atty. Gen., Tammie J. Philbrick, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

FLETCHER, Chief Justice.

A jury found Cynthia Boswell guilty but mentally ill for the shooting deaths of her mother, Mary Cheek, and son, Christopher Boswell. The sole issue on appeal is whether the evidence of Boswell's mental state demanded a verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity, instead of the guilty but mentally ill verdict that the jury rendered. Because the evidence was constitutionally sufficient to support the jury's verdict, we affirm.

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