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WILLIAMS v. STATE

38847.

250 Ga. 463 (1983)

298 S.E.2d 492

WILLIAMS v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Rehearing Denied January 25, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bobby Lee Cook, John Wright Jones, for appellant.

Spencer Lawton Jr., District Attorney, David T. Lock, Assistant District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Mary Beth Westmoreland, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

HILL, Chief Justice.

Defendant was found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Danny Hansford, a part-time employee and frequent house guest of the defendant. The state introduced evidence of a homosexual relationship between the defendant and the deceased. The defendant claimed he shot the deceased in self-defense, and the state contended that the scene of the murder had been contrived to make the shooting appear to have been self-defense. This...

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