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LESTER v. STATE

S20A0827.

849 S.E.2d 425 (2020)

LESTER v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: October 5, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold Burton Baker , Tift Judicial Circuit Public Defender, 1212 Chestnut Avenue, Tifton, Georgia 31794, Attorneys for the Appellant.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Meghan Hobbs Hill , Assistant Attorney General, Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334-1300, Clifford Paul Bowden , District Attorney, Robert Alan Rogers, A.D.A., Tifton Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office, 225 Tift Avenue, Tifton, Georgia 31794, Jennifer Dawn Hart , A.D.A., Patrick Warren , A.D.A., Tift Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office, P.O. Box 1252, Tifton, Georgia 31793, Attorneys for the Appellee.

Layton K. Lester was convicted of malice murder and other crimes in connection with the shooting death of Lorrine Bozeman.1 On appeal, Lester contends that the trial court erred in admitting statements he made to law enforcement after Bozeman's death and in denying his "motion for mistrial"

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