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CRAWFORD v. STATE

32910, 32911.

240 Ga. 321 (1977)

240 S.E.2d 824

CRAWFORD v. THE STATE (two cases).

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided November 15, 1977.

Rehearing Denied December 6, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sidney Pope Jones, Jr., for appellant.

William F. Lee, District Attorney, R. William Buzzell, II, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Kirby G. Atkinson, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

HILL, Justice.

After a jury found she was competent to be tried, the defendant was found guilty of the murder of her 16-year-old cousin and was sentenced to life in prison. Newspaper articles filed in support of a motion for change of venue described this as one of the worst cases of child abuse in Coweta County. The deceased was found dead in a trailer housing 13 people, 2 adults and 11 children. Several other adults were arrested as a result of collateral investigations...

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