ELLIS v. STATE

37958.

248 Ga. 414 (1981)

283 S.E.2d 870

ELLIS v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided November 4, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bush & Wallace, Howard S. Bush, A. Stephenson Wallace, for appellant.

Sam B. Sibley, Jr., District Attorney, George Guest, Charles R. Sheppard, Assistant District Attorneys, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, George Weaver, Staff Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


JORDAN, Chief Justice.

Barney Frank Ellis was convicted for the murder and robbery by force of Carl Cason, and was sentenced to life imprisonment. The victim was 104 years of age and was wheelchair-bound at the time he was strangled and bludgeoned to death. The state did not seek the death penalty.

Ellis appeals, contending that the trial court erred by denying his motion to suppress, by admitting autopsy photographs illustrating the victim's head injuries...

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