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JOHNSON v. STATE

No. S97A0964.

490 S.E.2d 91 (1997)

268 Ga. 416

JOHNSON v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

September 22, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Mason, Columbus, for appellant.

J. Gray Conger, District Attorney, Samuel G. Merritt, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Allison B. Goldberg, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

THOMPSON, Justice.

Eric Johnson was convicted of malice murder, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, in connection with the death of Willie Nichols.1 He was sentenced to life imprisonment for malice murder, and to two consecutive five-year terms for the firearms possession counts. The State's evidence showed that two weeks before the murder, witnesses saw Johnson in...

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