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MATHIS v. STATE

34047.

242 Ga. 761 (1978)

251 S.E.2d 305

MATHIS v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided December 5, 1978.

Rehearing Denied December 20, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Willie Mathis, pro se.

Lewis R. Slaton, District Attorney, Victor Alexander, Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Michael R. Johnson, for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Willie Mathis was indicted with three other persons for the malice murder of Samuel Celphus Newbill and robbery. On his separate trial he was convicted of both offenses and given sentences of life imprisonment and 20 years, to run concurrently. He appeals from these convictions and sentences.

The medical testimony showed that the victim died as the result of a skull fracture caused by a blunt object. The...

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