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PARKS v. STATE

43776.

256 Ga. 412 (1986)

349 S.E.2d 716

PARKS v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided November 12, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Viveca R. Burns, Sheila R. Tyler, for appellant.

Lewis R. Slaton, District Attorney, Joseph J. Drolet, Assistant District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

WELTNER, Justice.

Idus Parks was convicted of murder by stabbing to death James Shaw, and was sentenced to life imprisonment.1

Parks' only enumerations of error concern the sufficiency of the evidence.

The evidence shows that on August 1, 1985, Parks and others were in the downtown area of Atlanta, and that Parks had stated "he wanted to go find James [Shaw] because he wanted to get James." Observing Shaw, Parks told one...

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