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HAWES v. STATE

No. S96A0605.

470 S.E.2d 664 (1996)

266 Ga. 731

HAWES v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

May 28, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Janet S. Willy, Athens, for Gary Anderson Hawes.

Harry N. Gordon, Dist. Atty., Athens, Michael J. Bowers, Atty. Gen., Department of Law, Atlanta, Gerald W. Brown, Asst. Dist. Atty., Athens, Wesley S. Horney, Asst. Atty. Gen., Department of Law, Atlanta, for the State.

SEARS, Justice.

Gary Anderson Hawes appeals from his conviction for felony murder. We find no error in the trial court's denial of a special demurrer which sought to strike the use of Hawes' alias name from the indictment. Furthermore, assuming without deciding that the trial court erred by admitting a criminal contempt order into evidence for purposes of witness impeachment, we find any resulting error to have been harmless. We also find the trial court's recharge...

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