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EVANS v. STATE

26457.

227 Ga. 571 (1971)

181 S.E.2d 845

EVANS v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided May 6, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank K. Martin, for appellant.

E. Mullins Whisnant, District Attorney, Eugene Hardwick Polleys, Jr., Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Harold N. Hill, Jr., Executive Assistant Attorney General, Courtney Wilder Stanton, Dorothy T. Beasley, Assistant Attorneys General, for appellee.

UNDERCOFLER, Justice.

This appeal is from the conviction of Willie James Evans for the murder of his wife, Willie Louise Evans. He appeals to this court from the sentence of life imprisonment. Held:

The evidence shows that the defendant and the decedent had been married about nine months, that they lived in an apartment with his wife's three children and two grandchildren.

Mary Hudson testified that...

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