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KEENER v. STATE

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254 Ga. 699 (1985)

334 S.E.2d 175

KEENER v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided September 12, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clay & Russell, R. Bruce Russell, Sr., for appellant.

Michael H. Crawford, District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, J. Michael Davis, Staff Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

HILL, Chief Justice.

Michael J. Keener was tried for the murder of his 80-year-old aunt, was found guilty but mentally ill, and was sentenced to life in prison.1 He appeals.

On the afternoon of January 2, 1984, Mrs. Ola Nicholson went to look in on her neighbor, the victim, Evie Keener, but was greeted at the door by the defendant, a nephew who had lived with the victim for 7 to 8 years...

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