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BURNEY v. STATE

34749.

244 Ga. 33 (1979)

BURNEY v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided July 3, 1979.

Rehearing Denied July 17, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joe H. Gailey, for appellant.

Lewis R. Slaton, District Attorney, H. Allen Moye, Assistant District Attorney, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Mary Beth Westmoreland, for appellee.

MARSHALL, Justice.

The appellant, David Burney, Jr., was convicted of the murder of City of Atlanta Police Officer Frank Schlatt and the armed robberies of Ronald Dukes, who was the manager of the Dixie Furniture Store, and George Malcom, who was an employee of the furniture store. These crimes were committed by the appellant and others during their holdup of the Dixie Furniture Store on May 13, 1978. The appellant's trial was held in the Fulton Superior Court in...

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