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GORDEN v. STATE

S89A0088.

259 Ga. 786 (1990)

387 S.E.2d 333

GORDEN v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided January 24, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. Clark Landrum, for appellant.

David E. Perry, District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Richard C. Litwin, for appellee.

HUNT, Justice.

Linda Diane Gorden, also known as Diane Porter, was tried and convicted in Tift County for the April 7, 1988, murder of Bernice McKinney and the theft by taking of the victim's automobile.1 She was given a life sentence for the murder and ten years, concurrently, on the other charge. She enumerates as error only the general grounds.

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