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NIXON v. STATE

42700.

255 Ga. 656 (1986)

340 S.E.2d 7

NIXON v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided March 4, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. W. Roberts, for appellant.

Robert E. Keller, District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, J. Michael Davis, Staff Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

SMITH, Justice.

A Clayton County jury convicted the appellant, James Nixon, of the murder of Tom Billings. The appellant received a sentence of life imprisonment. He raises three issues1 on appeal. We affirm.2

Early in the morning on October 30, 1979, the appellant knocked on the door of the victim's trailer in Jonesboro. The victim let the appellant in, and...

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