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LEWIS v. STATE

32499.

239 Ga. 732 (1977)

238 S.E.2d 892

LEWIS v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided September 27, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peugh & Bradley, James E. Peugh, for appellant.

Joseph H. Briley, District Attorney, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Harrison Kohler, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

UNDERCOFLER, Presiding Justice.

1. Lewis was convicted of armed robbery and kidnapping with bodily injury, and a jury, considering as an aggravating circumstance that the kidnapping was committed while Lewis was engaged in an armed robbery, awarded a death sentence for kidnapping and a consecutive life sentence for armed robbery. Code Ann. § 27-2534 (Ga. L. 1970, pp. 949, 950; 1971, p. 902). The sentences were awarded prior to the recent decisions of the United...

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