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BAILEY v. STATE

32733.

240 Ga. 112 (1977)

239 S.E.2d 521

BAILEY v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided November 1, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert D. Peckham, J. H. Affleck, Jr., for appellant.

Harry N. Gordon, District Attorney, B. Thomas Cook, Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, John W. Dunsmore, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

HILL, Justice.

Appellant Whitley Bailey, a/k/a Willie Moore, was convicted by a jury of the murder of his wife and was sentenced to life in prison.

The fact that the defendant shot his wife is not in dispute although the defendant testified he had no memory of the event. Florence Nowell, who had known the defendant since his childhood, testified that the defendant came to her home about 8:30 on the morning of the shooting...

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