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DIXSON v. STATE

No. S98A1325.

506 S.E.2d 128 (1998)

269 Ga. 898

DIXSON v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

October 5, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Ludwig Strauss, Westmoreland, Patterson & Moseley, Macon, for Eddie James Dixson.

Tommy Kenneth Floyd, Dist. Atty., McDonough, Mark Stephen Daniel, Asst. Dist. Atty., Forsyth, Hon. Thurbert E. Baker, Atty. Gen., Frank Anthony Ilardi, Asst. Atty. Gen., Department of Law, Atlanta, for the State.

CARLEY, Justice.

A jury found Eddie James Dixson guilty of the malice murder of Lucille Hughes Smith. The trial court entered a judgment of conviction on the guilty verdict, and sentenced Dixson to life imprisonment. After the denial of his motion for new trial, Dixson filed this appeal.1

1. Dixson and Ms. Smith were in a relationship and, for some months prior to the homicide, he committed acts of abuse against her. On the night...

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