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SPENCER v. HOPPER

34285.

243 Ga. 532 (1979)

255 S.E.2d 1

SPENCER v. HOPPER.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided April 4, 1979.

Rehearing Denied April 24, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Ruffin, Jr., John Charles Boger, Jack Greenberg, James M. Nabrit, III, Joel Berger, Anthony G. Amsterdam, for appellant.

Richard E. Allen, District Attorney, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Kirby G. Atkinson, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

HILL, Justice.

On January 15, 1975, James Lee Spencer was convicted in the Superior Court of Burke County for the offenses of murder, aggravated assault and escape. He was sentenced to death for the murder, and to 10 years imprisonment on each of the other charges, to run concurrently. On direct appeal, this court affirmed the convictions and sentences on April 6, 1976. Spencer v. State, 236 Ga. 697 (224 S.E...

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