OWENS v. STATE

38006.

248 Ga. 629 (1981)

284 S.E.2d 408

OWENS v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Rehearing Denied December 16, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ham, Mills & Freeman, W. Franklin Freeman, Jr., for appellant.

E. Byron Smith, District Attorney, W. Hal Craig, Assistant District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Virginia H. Jeffries, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


JORDAN, Chief Justice.

This appeal is from a conviction for murder in the Superior Court of Monroe County. The appellant was tried on June 13, 1981, and the jury returned a verdict of guilty on June 16, 1981. As the state did not seek the death penalty, a sentence of life imprisonment was imposed.

The appellant, Oscar Owens, his brother John Owens, the victim, and John's two daughters lived together on the Owens' family homestead on Flint Road in Monroe County...

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