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BATTLE v. STATE

42098.

254 Ga. 666 (1985)

333 S.E.2d 599

BATTLE v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided September 5, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Fryer, Richard A. Epps, for appellant.

J. Brown Moseley, District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Staff Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

HILL, Chief Justice.

John Wayne Battle was tried by a jury and convicted of murder and burglary with intent to rape. He was sentenced to life plus 20 years, to be served consecutively.1

Judy Lynn Hanson's body was found in her duplex apartment on the morning of December 14, 1983. Although she had been strangled and had received 2 superficial wounds, the fatal blow was a stab wound over 4 inches deep which pierced her heart and...

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