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MINCEY v. STATE

43364.

256 Ga. 184 (1986)

345 S.E.2d 604

MINCEY v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided July 16, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Straughan & Straughan, Mark W. Straughan, for appellant.

James L. Wiggins, District Attorney, Michael T. Solis, Assistant District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Eddie Snelling, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

WELTNER, Justice.

Phillip Lee Mincey was convicted of felony murder by shooting and killing Mary Ann Harris with a shotgun. He was sentenced to life imprisonment.1

Shortly after returning home from prison, Mincey discovered that his wife, with the aid of a male companion, was planning to leave him, under her brothers' protection. Mincey took a shotgun from his brother's truck, and went inside his own trailer. He then walked approximately...

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