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MATTHEWS v. STATE

No. S97A0945.

493 S.E.2d 136 (1997)

268 Ga. 798

MATTHEWS v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied December 19, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lovett Bennett, Jr., Statesboro, for Joe Lorenzo Matthews.

Richard A. Malone, Dist. Atty., Swainsboro, Paula K. Smith, Senior Asst. Atty. Gen., Department of Law, Atlanta, Jennifer E. Hilderbrand, Asst. Dist. Atty., Swainsboro, for the State.

THOMPSON, Justice.

Joe Lorenzo Matthews was convicted of the felony murder of a convenience store clerk, Avalon Earls, and the armed robbery of the store owner, Thelma Johnson.1 Finding no reversible error, we affirm.

Matthews approached the counter of Johnson's General Store in Stillmore, Georgia, with a B-B gun in hand and confronted Johnson, the owner/manager. When Johnson removed...

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