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HARRIS v. STATE

S89A0377.

259 Ga. 511 (1989)

384 S.E.2d 647

HARRIS v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied November 1, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael E. Bergin, for appellant.

Lewis R. Slaton, District Attorney, Alfred D. Dixon, Carole E. Wall, Assistant District Attorneys, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Andrew S. Ree, for appellee.

MARSHALL, Chief Justice.

Joycelynn Harris appeals her conviction of guilty but mentally ill, of the murder of her six-year-old son, for which she was sentenced to life imprisonment.1 We affirm.

The father of the victim was Harris' common-law husband. The latter left Harris in 1982 and remarried in 1986, but lived near Harris in order to have access to his son. Since that time, Harris had...

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