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HEAD v. STATE

41379.

253 Ga. 415 (1984)

320 S.E.2d 759

HEAD v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided October 11, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. Studdard, for appellant.

Robert E. Keller, District Attorney, Clifford A. Stitcher, Assistant District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, for appellee.

WELTNER, Justice.

Donald Head was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for the death, by choking, of Joyce Godfrey.1

1. In his first enumeration of error, Head contends that his confession was coerced, and should have been excluded.

Head made two statements to police officers, the second of which was incriminating. Regarding this statement, the trial court held a pre-trial Jackson-Denno hearing, found that Head...

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