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HORTON v. STATE

S20A0799.

849 S.E.2d 382 (2020)

HORTON v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: October 5, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jackie Lynn Tyo , Office of the Appellate Defender, 104 Marietta Street NW, #600, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, Brandon A. Bullard , The Bullard Firm, LLC, 3455 Peachtree Road NE, Fifth Floor, Atlanta, Georgia 30326, Attorneys for the Appellant.

Samuel H. Altman , District Attorney, Middle Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office, PO Box 590, Swainsboro, Georgia 30401-0590, Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Eric Christopher Peters , Assistant Attorney General, Department of Law, 40 Capitol Sq SW, Atlanta, Georgia 30334, Jessica Black Wilson , A.D.A., Middle Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office, 200 Courthouse Square, Suite 1, Lyons, Georgia 30436, Attorneys for the Appellee.

Quentin Lee Horton was convicted of malice murder, arson in the first degree, and related crimes in connection with the stabbing death of his neighbor Jeffrey Hagan and the burning of Hagan's home. Horton was sentenced to serve life in prison plus five years without the possibility of parole, and he appeals, asserting five enumerations...

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