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LEONARD v. STATE

No. S98A0621.

506 S.E.2d 853 (1998)

269 Ga. 867

LEONARD v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

October 5, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George O. Lawson, Jr., Alton Hornsby, III, Lawson & Thornton, P.C., Atlanta, for Walter Laparker Leonard.

William T. McBroom, III, Dist. Atty., Daniel A. Hiatt, Asst. Dist. Atty., Griffin, Hon. Thurbert E. Baker, Atty. Gen., Allison Beth Goldberg, Asst. Atty. Gen., Paula K. Smith, Senior Asst. Atty. Gen., Department of Law, Atlanta, for the State.

HINES, Justice.

Walter L. Leonard appeals his conviction and sentence for malice murder in connection with the death of Beverly Eller.1 For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

Eller was found dead on the morning of December 23, 1988, inside her apartment in Griffin. She had been stabbed repeatedly; the stabbing apparently occurred in her bedroom, although she was found near the door to the apartment. There were considerable bloodstains...

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