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WILBURN v. STATE

27895.

230 Ga. 675 (1973)

198 S.E.2d 857

WILBURN v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided May 31, 1973.

Rehearing Denied June 21, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harrison & Garner, G. Hughel Harrison, for appellant.

W. Bryant Huff, District Attorney, Gary Davis, Dawson Jackson, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Courtney Wilder Stanton, Assistant Attorney General, B. Dean Grindle, Jr., Deputy Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

UNDERCOFLER, Justice.

Herman Franklin Wilburn was indicted and convicted of the murder of Bonnie Skinner (also known as Mrs. Herman Franklin Wilburn) by shooting her with a pistol. He was sentenced to life imprisonment.

The evidence shows that the defendant and the deceased had lived together as man and wife at the home of his father for about a year; that his father and his 17-year-old brother Jack also lived in the home. On the night of September 8, 1972...

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