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OWENS v. STATE

39604, 39610, 39611.

251 Ga. 313 (1983)

305 S.E.2d 102

OWENS v. THE STATE. LUMPKIN v. THE STATE (two cases).

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Rehearing Denied July 22, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Zachry & Kirby, Louis J. Kirby, for appellant (case no. 39604).

Marc E. Acree, for appellant (case nos. 39610 and 39611).

Arthur E. Mallory III, District Attorney, Robert H. Sullivan, Blanchette Holland, Assistant District Attorneys, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Mary Beth Westmoreland, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

CLARKE, Justice.

On November 3, 1981, the appellants, Charles Edward Owens and Gregory Hughes Lumpkin were indicted along with Larry Gene Heath, Jerry Wayne Heath, Denise Page Lambert and Sanders Williams for the murder of Rebecca McGuire Heath, the wife of co-indictee Larry Heath. The state initially sought the death penalty in the cases of Larry Heath, Owens and Lumpkin.

The state waived the death penalty as to Larry Heath and he entered a plea of guilty...

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