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TURNER v. STATE

18074.

209 Ga. 532 (1953)

74 S.E.2d 459

TURNER v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided February 9, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harris, Chance & McCracken and A. R. Barksdale, for plaintiff in error.

George Hains, Solicitor-General, Eugene Cook, Attorney-General, and J. R. Parham, Assistant Attorney-General, contra.

HAWKINS, Justice.

Walter Lee Turner was convicted in Richmond Superior Court of the murder of his father-in-law, Willie Houston, with a recommendation of mercy, and sentenced to life imprisonment. The evidence discloses: that the defendant and his wife, the daughter of the deceased, rented and were living in a room in the home of the deceased; that, shortly before the homicide, the defendant and his wife were engaged in a...

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