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DUMAS v. STATE

No. S96A0852.

471 S.E.2d 508 (1996)

266 Ga. 797

DUMAS v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

June 17, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald P. Word, Word & Mitchell, Carrollton, for Dumas.

Thomas Joseph Campbell, Dist. Atty., Calhoun, Michael J. Bowers, Atty. Gen., Beth Attaway, Asst. Atty. Gen., Atlanta, for the State.

SEARS, Justice.

Appellant Jack Jerome Dumas appeals from his convictions for malice murder and driving under the influence of alcohol.1 We find that when the jury returned with the mutually exclusive verdicts of guilty as to charges of malice murder and vehicular homicide, the trial court did not err by refusing to accept the verdicts and instructing the jury to continue its deliberations. Therefore, we affirm.

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