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SPENCER v. STATE

S90P0921.

260 Ga. 640 (1990)

398 S.E.2d 179

SPENCER v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied December 19, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morrison & Foerster, John P. Batson, Charles L. Kerr, Ann M. Parrent, for appellant.

Michael C. Eubanks, District Attorney, Charles R. Sheppard, Assistant District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

BENHAM, Justice.

This is a case in which a death sentence has been imposed. The defendant, James Lee Spencer, originally was convicted and sentenced to death in 1975. The judgment was affirmed. Spencer v. State, 236 Ga. 697 (224 S.E.2d 910) (1976). However, Spencer obtained federal habeas corpus relief in connection with his challenges to the composition of his grand and traverse juries. See...

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