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SPEAR v. STATE

No. S98A1744.

513 S.E.2d 489 (1999)

270 Ga. 628

SPEAR v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

March 8, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Jackson Burch, Savannah, for Rodriguez Spear.

Spencer Lawton, Jr., District Attorney, Kimberly D. Rowden, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, H. Maddox Kilgore, Assistant Attorney General, for the State.

BENHAM, Chief Justice.

This appeal is from the conviction of Rodriguez Spear for malice murder and aggravated battery.1 The evidence adduced at trial supported finding as facts the following. The victim was found beaten to death, the apparent instrument of the beating a brick found beside her body. In addition to injuries to the back of her head which were fatal, the victim had numerous lacerations and abrasions on her body and face; her...

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