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MURPHY v. STATE

S16A0150.

787 S.E.2d 721 (2016)

299 Ga. 238

MURPHY v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: June 20, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Emily J. Gilbert , Georgia Capital Defender, 225 Peachtree Street, Suite 900, South Tower, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, Brian Steel , The Steel Law Firm, P.C., 1800 Peachtree Street, N.W., Suite 300, Atlanta, Georgia 30309, Priya N. Lakhi , 1080 Peachtree Street, N.E., # 1304, Atlanta, Georgia 30309, for Appellant.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Matthew Blackwell Crowder , Assistant Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Samuel S. Olens , Attorney General, Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, Jason Barrett Green , A.D.A., Tracy Graham Lawson , District Attorney, Elizabeth A. Baker , Deputy Chief A.D.A., Clayton County District Attorney's Office, 9151 Tara Boulevard, Fourth Floor, Jonesboro, Georgia 30236, for Appellee.

Following a jury trial, appellant Sheree Dionne Murphy was found guilty of five counts of felony murder, aggravated battery, arson in the first degree, and cruelty to a child, all of which charges were related to a motel fire resulting in the deaths of five people.1 She was sentenced to life...

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