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O'NEAL v. STATE

41593.

254 Ga. 1 (1985)

325 S.E.2d 759

O'NEAL v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided February 19, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen H. Harris, for appellant.

Spencer Lawton, Jr., District Attorney, Charles C. Grile, Assistant District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, J. Michael Davis, for appellee.

BELL, Justice.

John Sapp O'Neal was convicted of the shotgun murder of Steven Thompson, and was sentenced to life imprisonment. He appeals.1

On April 22, 1983 Thompson and O'Neal were arguing over a $30 debt O'Neal claimed Thompson owed him. At the climax of the dispute O'Neal, armed with a sawed-off shotgun, chased Thompson, who was unarmed, into the backyard of a house. O'Neal fired his gun, striking Johnson. Johnson attempted...

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