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BAGGETT v. STATE

44886.

257 Ga. 735 (1988)

363 S.E.2d 257

BAGGETT v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided January 14, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark J. Nathan, for appellant.

Spencer Lawton, Jr., District Attorney, David T. Lock, Assistant District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Susan V. Boleyn, Senior Assistant Attorney General, W. David Sims, for appellee.

GREGORY, Justice.

James Michael Baggett was convicted in Chatham County Superior Court of the malice murder of Amos Hart, Jr.1 He was sentenced to life imprisonment. We affirm.

During the early morning hours of February 17, 1981, a fight occurred between Baggett and Hart in the parking lot of the Club Gust nightclub in Savannah, Georgia. Baggett claims Hart attacked him with a pair of scissors and, in order to protect his life...

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