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BLACK v. STATE

42855.

255 Ga. 668 (1986)

341 S.E.2d 436

BLACK v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided April 9, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Garland, Nuckolls & Catts, Steven H. Sadow, Donald F. Samuel, for appellant.

Lewis R. Slaton, District Attorney, Chris Jensen, H. Allen Moye, Assistant District Attorneys, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Eddie Snelling, Jr., Staff Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

CLARKE, Justice.

Gerald Michael Black was convicted by a jury of murder in the shooting death of his girl friend and sentenced to life in prison. He raises issues concerning the sufficiency of the evidence, propriety of the "Allen" charge and the exclusion of evidence of the victim's abuse of drugs. We affirm.1

The victim was shot and killed in her apartment where the appellant had...

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