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HOOKS v. STATE

29103.

239 Ga. 408 (1977)

238 S.E.2d 1

HOOKS v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided September 6, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Young & Perkins, Carson Dane Perkins, Jack Greenberg, James M. Nabritt, III, David Evan Kendall, Peggy C. Davis, Anthony G. Amsterdam, for appellant.

Vickers Neugent, District Attorney, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, John B. Ballard, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

UNDERCOFLER, Presiding Justice.

The Supreme Court of the United States remanded this case with direction that the judgment be vacated insofar as it affirmed the death penalty for rape. Hooks had pleaded guilty to rape and the trial court had sentenced him to death. Hooks v. State, 233 Ga. 149 (210 S.E.2d 668) (1974). Pursuant to this mandate, the former judgment is therefore vacated, and the...

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