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HUGHES v. STATE

44282, 44303.

257 Ga. 200 (1987)

357 S.E.2d 80

HUGHES v. THE STATE. JACKSON v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided June 24, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cook & Shaffer, William D. Gifford, for appellant (case. no. 44282).

R. Glen Galbaugh, John E. Goodner, for appellant (case no. 44303).

Willis B. Sparks III, District Attorney, Charles H. Weston, Thomas J. Matthews, Assistant District Attorneys, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, J. Michael Davis, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

HUNT, Justice.

Arthur Lee Jackson and Robert Lee Hughes were convicted for the 1979 felony-murder of Eddie Lee Allen, co-owner of Lee and Eddie's Barbecue restaurants in Macon. Both were sentenced to life in prison. They appeal separately: Hughes in Case No. 44282 raising issues concerning venue, the denial of his motion to sever, admission of hearsay evidence and of the testimony of a "newly-discovered" witness, and the sufficiency of the evidence; Jackson in Case...

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