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HIGHTOWER v. STATE

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225 Ga. 681 (1969)

177 S.E.2d 148

HIGHTOWER v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided November 6, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jess Watson, Margaret Hopkins, for appellant.

Lewis R. Slaton, District Attorney, Tony H. Hight, J. Melvin England, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Harold N. Hill, Jr., Executive Assistant Attorney General, Marion O. Gordon, Mathew Robins, Assistant Attorneys General, for appellee.

ALMAND, Chief Justice.

Rudolph O. Hightower was indicted and charged with the malicious killing of Daniel F. Cannon, Jr., by shooting him with a pistol on October 31, 1968. Upon his trial, he was found guilty with a recommendation of mercy, and sentenced to life imprisonment. His motion for a new trial upon the general grounds and one special ground was overruled. Notice of appeal was duly filed from the verdict and sentence...

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