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SMITH v. STATE

No. S91A0733.

407 S.E.2d 732 (1991)

261 Ga. 512

SMITH v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

September 4, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Sherrer, Jr., Vienna, for Smith.

John C. Pridgen, Dist. Atty., Denise D. Fachini, Asst. Dist. Atty., Cordele, Michael J. Bowers, Atty. Gen., C.A. Benjamin Woolf, Atty., State Law Dept., Atlanta, for State.

BELL, Justice.

Smith appeals from his conviction of the malice murder of Jeremiah Dempsey.1 On appeal he contends that the evidence is insufficient to support the conviction, and that the prosecutor violated his right to a fair trial during opening statements. We affirm.

1. Smith contends that the evidence is insufficient to support his murder conviction. We disagree. Several eyewitnesses to the crime testified that Smith approached...

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