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LAWTON v. STATE

S90A0254.

259 Ga. 855 (1990)

388 S.E.2d 691

LAWTON v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided March 1, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allen & Perry, Roy L. Allen II, for appellant.

Spencer Lawton, Jr., District Attorney, J. Clayton Culp, Assistant District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Andrew S. Ree, for appellee.

CLARKE, Chief Justice.

Joseph Lawton, Jr. was convicted of the felony murder of James Land Jones, a professor at Armstrong State College, and of theft by taking an automobile belonging to Professor Jones. The defendant was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder conviction and ten years for the theft by taking conviction. The sentences are concurrent.1

The evidence at trial showed that the defendant met the victim several...

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