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PAYNE v. STATE

38110.

249 Ga. 354 (1982)

291 S.E.2d 226

PAYNE v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Rehearing Denied May 4, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barnes & Browning, Roy E. Barnes, Thomas J. Casurella, for appellant.

Thomas J. Charron, District Attorney, Amy A. Hembree, Assistant District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Charles E. Brown, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

JORDAN, Chief Justice.

Joseph Leslie Payne was convicted by a jury in Cobb County for the murder of twenty-two month old Caleb Joseph Reynolds, the son of Julia Reynolds, his live-in lover, who later, before trial, was to become his wife. After being sentenced to life imprisonment, he appeals. We affirm.

1. Three theories were pursued by the defense. First, the defense asserted that although Caleb's father, Tim, had...

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