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BEAM v. STATE

No. S95A0633.

463 S.E.2d 347 (1995)

265 Ga. 853

BEAM v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

November 13, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Viveca B. Famber, Atlanta, for Beam.

Lewis R. Slaton, Dist. Atty., Michael J. Bowers, Atty. Gen., Susan V. Boleyn, Senior Asst. Atty. Gen., Marla-Deen Brooks, Asst. Atty. Gen., Department of Law, Atlanta, for State.

Rebecca A. Keel, Asst. Dist. Atty., Atlanta.

Anita T. Wallace, Asst. Dist. Atty., Atlanta, for other interested parties.

HINES, Justice.

Steven Beam was convicted of the malice murder of an Atlanta taxicab driver, Oruada Opkani, and sentenced to life imprisonment.1

Through the testimony of a female companion in the victim's taxicab with Beam, the State presented evidence that Beam pulled out a handgun and told the victim that he was "going to have to take [him] out...." During the struggle that ensued between the victim and Beam, the victim was shot...

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