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CROWDER v. STATE

30858.

237 Ga. 141 (1976)

227 S.E.2d 230

CROWDER v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided June 29, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph M. Salome, Robert S. Windholz, for appellant.

Richard Bell, District Attorney, Leonard W. Rhodes, Assistant District Attorney, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, James L. Mackay, for appellee.

HILL, Justice.

Defendant Claude Thomas Crowder, Claude Berry, and Ava Johnson were indicted on November 12, 1974, for the murder of Ruth Park Crowder, the defendant's wife. Mrs. Crowder was found on May 28, 1974, in bed, murdered with an ax. At the trial co-indictee Ava Johnson testified as a witness for the state. Shortly after being indicted and prior to defendant's trial, co-indictee Berry died as a result of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound. Statements...

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