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COLES v. STATE

40748.

253 Ga. 12 (1984)

315 S.E.2d 655

COLES v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided May 22, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Russell Mayer, for appellant.

Lewis R. Slaton, District Attorney, Benjamin H. Oehlert III, Assistant District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, for appellee.

CLARKE, Justice.

Chester Coles was convicted of the murder of John Alvin Green and sentenced to life imprisonment. He was also convicted of possession of a firearm by a known felon, OCGA § 16-11-13, and sentenced to five years in prison to run concurrently with the life sentence. The facts are, very simply, that appellant walked up to the victim, who was standing with another man outside a convenience store in the Capitol...

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