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JOWERS v. STATE

S90A0930.

260 Ga. 459 (1990)

396 S.E.2d 891

JOWERS v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided October 18, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walters, Davis. Smith, Meeks & Pittman, Thomas H. Pittman, for appellant.

Harry D. Dixon, Jr., District Attorney, Albert H. Tester, Assistant District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, C. A. Benjamin Woolf, for appellee.

FLETCHER, Justice.

Donaldson Stanley Jowers was convicted of the murder of Tawana Jean Burnham and given a sentence of life imprisonment.1

Jowers and Burnham had lived together in Coffee County, Georgia for approximately three to four years prior to her death. Their relationship had been turbulent, and Jowers had physically abused her and threatened to kill her on several occasions.

One week prior to her death, Burnham...

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