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LYNCH v. STATE

No. S97A1650.

494 S.E.2d 667 (1998)

268 Ga. 899

LYNCH v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

January 26, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Johnny Baxter Mostiler, Griffin, for Charles Eugene Lynch.

H. Maddox Kilgore, Asst. Atty. Gen., Paula K. Smith, Senior Asst. Atty. Gen., Department of Law, Atlanta, Daniel A. Hiatt, Asst. Dist. Atty., Griffin, for the State.

BENHAM, Chief Justice.

Charles Eugene Lynch appeals his conviction for the murder of Mary Haynes, his 76-year-old grandmother.1 The evidence adduced at trial showed that Haynes asked a neighbor to call the police because "Chucky" was trying to kill her. When the responding police officer arrived, he saw Lynch run into the house, then found Haynes on her knees in the yard. She told him Lynch had kicked her in the side. Confronted by the...

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