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HATTEN v. STATE

40920.

253 Ga. 24 (1984)

315 S.E.2d 893

HATTEN v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided May 22, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lee Hawks, for appellant.

John T. Strauss, District Attorney, John M. Ott, Assistant District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Eddie Snelling, Jr., for appellee.

WELTNER, Justice.

James M. Hatten was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment for shooting and killing his wife with a handgun.1

1. The first three enumerations of error challenge the sufficiency of the evidence. The evidence shows that Hatten is paralyzed from the waist down and confined to a wheelchair. Two weeks before his wife's death, he bought a .25 calibre pistol. On the night in question, Hatten, his wife...

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