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SWANN v. STATE

43407.

256 Ga. 254 (1986)

347 S.E.2d 555

SWANN v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided September 3, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold N. Wollstein, for appellant.

Stephen F. Lanier, District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

CLARKE, Presiding Justice.

Swann shot his stepson in the course of an argument. Several eye-witnesses were present and saw him shoot the victim in the chest and in the buttocks as the victim attempted to flee. Swann was convicted of murder and possession of a firearm in the commission of a crime (OCGA § 16-11-106) and sentenced to life imprisonment and sentenced to a term of years.1 He appeals, enumerating as error only that the court...

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