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SANDERS v. STATE

S16A1081.

791 S.E.2d 37 (2016)

SANDERS, v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: September 12, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Tavis Winheim , Samuel Graham Merritt , Sumter County Public Defenders Office, 510 West Lamar Street, 2nd Floor, Americus, Georgia 31709, for Appellant.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Samuel S. Olens , Attorney General, Matthew Min-soo Youn , Assistant Attorney General, Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, Plez Higdon Hardin , District Attorney, Joseph C. Timothy Lewis , Southwestern Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office, P.O. Box 1328, Americus, Georgia 31709, for Appellee.

Benji Cortez Sanders was tried by a Sumter County jury and convicted of the murder of Sheila Freeman. Sanders appeals, contending that the evidence is legally insufficient to sustain his conviction, that the trial court erred when it denied his motion for a mistrial, and that it erred when it discharged a juror after the trial...

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