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BLAND v. STATE

S94A0936.

264 Ga. 610 (1994)

BLAND v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided November 7, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edea M. Caldwell, for appellant.

Tommy K. Floyd, District Attorney, Thomas R. McBerry, Assistant District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Susan V. Boleyn, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Marla-Deen Brooks, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

FLETCHER, Justice.

Melvin Lewis Bland was convicted of malice murder and two counts of armed robbery in the shooting death and armed robbery of Bruce Wayne Skinner. He was also convicted of escape from the Butts County jail, and aggravated assault of a jailer. He appeals. We vacate one conviction for armed robbery, but affirm the remaining convictions.1

Bland and his co-defendant Allen Dean Jackson worked for Skinner on his sod...

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