WILLIS v. STATE

38409.

249 Ga. 261 (1982)

290 S.E.2d 87

WILLIS v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided April 7, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Word, Cook & Word, Gerald P. Word, for appellant.

Arthur E. Mallory III, District Attorney, Harger Hoyt, Assistant District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, W. Davis Hewitt, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


GREGORY, Justice.

In November, 1980, the defendant, Charles E. Willis, was indicted for the murder of his son, Randall Willis. The first trial of the case resulted in a mistrial. On retrial the defendant was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. His motion for new trial was denied and this appeal followed.

At trial the victim's common-law wife testified that, on the day of the victim's death, she, the victim, and Billy Pitts located the defendant...

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