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JORDAN v. STATE

36851.

247 Ga. 328 (1981)

276 S.E.2d 224

JORDAN v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided March 12, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Forrest Andrew Jordan, Stroup, Goldstein, Jenkins & Pritzker, James K. Jenkins, John Oliver Ellis, Jr., Albert R. Sacks, for appellant.

Dupont K. Cheney, District Attorney, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Harrison Kohler, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

This murder/mutiny case involves the 1978 riot and attempted prison break at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville, Tattnall County, Georgia, which left two inmates and a guard dead and another guard seriously injured. See Whitaker v. State, 246 Ga. 163 (269 S.E.2d 436) (1980), involving the same occurrence.

The disturbance, an eruption of racial tensions, commenced shortly...

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