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EILAND v. STATE

36066.

246 Ga. 112 (1980)

268 S.E.2d 922

EILAND v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided July 1, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thurbert E. Baker, Philip Louis Ruppert, Waymon Sims, for appellant.

Lewis R. Slaton, District Attorney, Margaret V. Lines, Assistant District Attorney, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, for appellee.

HILL, Justice.

Eiland appeals his conviction and life sentence for the murder of Roosevelt Torrence.

The evidence showed that on the evening of May 26, 1979, at about 8 or 8:15 p. m. Melvin Simmons, a friend and houseguest of the defendant, got into a fight with Anthony Carey outside a bar in Atlanta. Around 8:30 p. m. Melvin Simmons and the defendant entered the bar. Simmons pointed out Roosevelt Torrence at the back...

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