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SALLIE v. STATE

No. S98P0013.

499 S.E.2d 897 (1998)

269 Ga. 446

SALLIE v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

May 18, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher M. Johnson, Palmer Singleton, Atlanta, for William C. Sallie.

Richard Ernest Currie, Dist. Atty., Waycross, Wesley Scott Horney, Asst. Atty. Gen., Susan V. Boleyn, Senior Asst. Atty. Gen., Department of Law, Atlanta, for the State.

Stephen Christopher Bayliss, Atlanta, for other interested parties.

THOMPSON, Justice.

This is a death penalty case. William C. Sallie was convicted of malice murder and other crimes, and the jury recommended a death sentence.1 Because one of Sallie's trial lawyers was laboring under a conflict of interest, we reverse the convictions and remand for a new trial.

1. Considered in the light most favorable to the verdict, the evidence showed that Sallie was embroiled in divorce proceedings with his...

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