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PENNIE v. STATE

No. S99A0553.

520 S.E.2d 448 (1999)

271 Ga. 419

PENNIE v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

September 13, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian Steel, Atlanta, for appellant.

Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Debra H. Bernes, Nancy I. Jordan, Frank R. Cox, Assistant District Attorneys, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Angelica M. Woo, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

THOMPSON, Justice.

A jury found Demetrice Lachelle Pennie guilty of malice and felony murder in the shooting death of her paramour, Edward Charles Pittman. She was sentenced to life in prison for malice murder.1 Because we conclude that Pennie was deprived of her constitutional right to the courts when certain communications took place with a juror outside her presence and in the absence of a waiver, we reverse.

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