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BLANKENSHIP v. STATE

40276.

251 Ga. 621 (1983)

308 S.E.2d 369

BLANKENSHIP v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided November 8, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Penny J. Haas, John W. Hendrix, for appellant.

Spencer Lawton, District Attorney, David T. Lock, Assistant District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Staff Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

CLARKE, Justice.

This is the second appearance of this death penalty case. In its first appearance, the defendant's convictions for the offenses of murder, rape and aggravated sodomy were affirmed. The conviction for burglary was reversed because we found it to have merged with the felony murder conviction. Because of error under Witherspoon v. Illinois, 391 U.S. 510 (88 S.C. 1770, 20 LE2d 776...

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