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DEAN v. STATE

34382.

242 Ga. 808 (1979)

251 S.E.2d 553

DEAN v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided January 4, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Markwalter, Cook & Shaffer, C. R. Cook, R. R. Markwalter, for appellant.

Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, W. Davis Hewitt, W. Donald Thompson, District Attorney, Willis Sparks, III, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.

NICHOLS, Chief Justice.

Dean was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. The state has filed an affidavit of his jailer establishing that he escaped from confinement in the Bibb County Jail four days before the filing of his notice of appeal and has not been recaptured. This information as to his status as a fugitive is uncontroverted. The state has moved to dismiss his appeal. The motion to dismiss the appeal...

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