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MORRIS v. STATE

44948.

257 Ga. 781 (1988)

364 S.E.2d 571

MORRIS v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided February 5, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vinson & Osborne, James R. Osborne, for appellant.

William A. Foster III, District Attorney, Blanchette C. Holland, Assistant District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, J. Michael Davis, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

SMITH, Justice.

Dee Morris was found guilty of murdering his mother, Bertha Morris. We reverse.1

Sometime after 2:30 a. m. on October 29, 1985, the appellant telephoned for an ambulance saying that his mother had shot herself. When the ambulance arrived, the attendants found the appellant on the phone attempting to call the police as his mother lay on a sofa in the living room with a fatal...

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