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STATE v. WILLIAMS

36633.

246 Ga. 788 (1980)

272 S.E.2d 725

THE STATE v. WILLIAMS et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided December 2, 1980.

Rehearing Denied December 16, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Robert S. Stubbs, II, Executive Assistant Attorney General, William C. Joy, Larry H. Evans, Assistant Attorneys General, for appellant.

J. Converse Bright, Tom W. Thomas, for appellees.

MARSHALL, Justice.

In this case, the appellees were brought to trial under an indictment charging that they intentionally "did destroy, damage and deface certain government property, to wit: 157 trees, property of State of Georgia, State Highway Department." See Code Ann. § 26-2613. The state presented evidence, including oral admissions by the appellees, that they had cut down trees from a State Highway right-of-way to facilitate motorists' viewing billboards...

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