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BYRD v. STATE

42937.

255 Ga. 674 (1986)

341 S.E.2d 453

BYRD v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided April 9, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Terry Jackson, for appellant.

Spencer Lawton, Jr., District Attorney, David T. Lock, Assistant District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, J. Michael Davis, Staff Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

WELTNER, Justice.

Maurice Oscar Byrd was convicted of malice murder by shooting and killing Freddie Oliver Johnson with a handgun, and of armed robbery. He was sentenced to two consecutive terms of life imprisonment.1

The jury heard evidence from which it could have determined that Byrd rode in a van owned by one O. C. Green while Green made deliveries to liquor stores; that while Green was making his last delivery of the day,...

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