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WESSNER v. STATE

30558, 30559.

236 Ga. 162 (1976)

223 S.E.2d 141

WESSNER v. THE STATE (two cases).

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided February 2, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank K. Martin, William L. Tucker, Martin, Kilpatrick & Davidson, for appellant.

E. Mullins Whisnant, District Attorney, William J. Smith, Assistant District Attorney, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Kirby G. Atkinson, Staff Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

UNDERCOFLER, Presiding Justice.

Matthew Wessner was convicted of the murders of his former wife, Linda Wessner, and George Kistemaker, III. The murders occurred on February 9, 1975. He was sentenced to serve two concurrent life sentences. The defendant contended that he was insane at the time he killed Kistemaker and that the shooting of his former wife occurred because of accident or because he was insane at the time.

The evidence shows that the Wessners...

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