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WILSON v. STATE

46497.

259 Ga. 55 (1989)

376 S.E.2d 676

WILSON v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied March 15, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert H. Alexander III, for appellant.

Lewis R. Slaton, District Attorney, Rebecca A. Keel, Assistant District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Leonora Grant, for appellee.

MARSHALL, Chief Justice.

Joseph Leon Wilson appeals his conviction of the malice murder of Barney L. Ridley, for which he was sentenced to life imprisonment.1 We affirm.

The evidence authorized the following findings. The appellant purchased cocaine from the 16-year-old victim on five separate occasions during the 12-hour period preceding the homicide, smoking it the first four times. The...

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