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HUGHES v. STATE

32078.

239 Ga. 393 (1977)

236 S.E.2d 829

HUGHES v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided July 5, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harrison, Jolles, Miller & Bush, Charles F. Miller, Jr., for appellant.

Richard Allen, District Attorney, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Kirby G. Atkinson, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

UNDERCOFLER, Presiding Justice.

The appellant, James Hughes, was indicted by a Burke County grand jury on November 8, 1976, for the offenses of armed robbery, aggravated assault and rape. In a trial by jury on November 30, 1976, and December 1, 1976, he was found guilty on all charges and sentenced to life imprisonment for armed robbery; ten years imprisonment for aggravated assault; and death for the offense of rape. The jury found as a statutory aggravating circumstance...

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