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JOHNSON v. STATE

43214.

255 Ga. 703 (1986)

342 S.E.2d 312

JOHNSON v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided April 24, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Douglas Willix, L. James Weil, Jr., for appellant.

Lewis R Slaton, District Attorney, Richard E. Hicks, Assistant District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, for appellee.

CLARKE, Presiding Justice.

Appellant was convicted of the armed robbery and malice murder of Joe Bolton in Fulton County, Georgia, by striking him with a hammer.1 There was evidence that appellant knew the victim, who sold marijuana, had been in the neighborhood a few days before the body was found, and had at one time remarked that he would "get" the victim for not selling him marijuana on credit. The body was not discovered until rigor...

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