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ALLEN v. STATE

45987.

259 Ga. 63 (1989)

377 S.E.2d 150

ALLEN v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided March 13, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alice C. Stewart, for appellant.

Glenn Thomas, Jr., District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Susan V. Boleyn, Senior Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

CLARKE, Justice.

William Horton Allen was convicted by a jury of malice murder and armed robbery. He was sentenced to death for the murder.1

In November of 1984, 15-year-old Holly Coomber, having spent time in a children's home, a juvenile detention center, and several foster

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homes, was placed by the relevant New York state agency with the defendant and his family. Allen, then 45, had been...

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