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SMITH v. STATE

No. S96A0932.

478 S.E.2d 379 (1996)

267 Ga. 363

SMITH v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

December 5, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ellis W. Peetluk, Marietta, for Richard Smith.

Lewis A. Slaton, Dist. Atty., Michael J. Bowers, Atty. Gen., Beth Attaway, Asst. Atty. Gen., Department of Law, and Leonora Grant, Asst. Dist. Atty., Atlanta, for the State.

CARLEY, Justice.

A jury convicted Richard Smith of malice murder and rape. He appeals from the judgments of conviction and sentences entered by the trial court on the jury's guilty verdicts.1

1. The evidence at trial showed that, in August of 1993, the victim was raped, severely beaten and stabbed to death with a phillips head screwdriver. Smith was seen smoking crack with the victim approximately 30 minutes before her death. He...

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