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POTTS v. STATE

44938.

257 Ga. 402 (1987)

359 S.E.2d 916

POTTS v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided September 14, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McCurdy & Candler, Michael Mears, Martin B. Findley, for appellant.

Rafe Banks III, District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, for appellee.

CLARKE, Presiding Justice.

Potts is appealing from the denial of his motion to dismiss the state's attempt to seek the death penalty in this sentencing retrial in Forsyth County. The trial court denied his pre-trial double jeopardy plea and Potts appeals pursuant to our holding in Patterson v. State, 248 Ga. 875 (287 S.E.2d 7) (1982). We affirm.

Potts was convicted of murder in Forsyth...

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