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JOHNSON v. STATE

No. S91A0629.

405 S.E.2d 686 (1991)

261 Ga. 419

JOHNSON v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

July 9, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin L. Cowen, III, Cowen & Cowen, Jonesboro, for Johnson.

Robert E. Keller, Dist. Atty., Albert B. Collier, Asst. Dist. Atty., Jonesboro, Michael J. Bowers, Atty. Gen., Thomas A. Cox, Jr., Dept. of Law, Atlanta, for State.

SMITH, Presiding Justice.

The appellant, Martha Ann Johnson, was convicted for the murder of her daughter and sentenced to life in prison.1 We affirm.

In 1982 the Clayton County Police Department responded to a call regarding the death of a child. Jenny Ann Wright, Mrs. Johnson's eleven-year-old daughter. The state crime lab performed an autopsy and determined that asphyxiation was the cause of death.

Mrs. Johnson was informed...

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