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PATTILLO v. STATE

39251.

250 Ga. 510 (1983)

299 S.E.2d 710

PATTILLO v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided February 3, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Franklin, Axam & Ashburne, Tony L. Axam, Lisa D. Cooper, for appellant.

Lewis R. Slaton, District Attorney, Joseph J. Drolet, Assistant District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Mary Beth Westmoreland, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

GREGORY, Justice.

The defendant was convicted of the murder of Shirley Owens and sentenced to life imprisonment. The victim's body was discovered at approximately 1:30 a. m. on November 14, 1981 on Chick-Fil-A Road in South Fulton County. Medical testimony at trial indicated the victim had sustained a facial gunshot wound from a range of no more than five inches. The bullet passed through the victim's right cheek and lodged in her spinal cord, resulting in almost...

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