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HIGHTOWER v. STATE

No. S00A0087.

526 S.E.2d 836 (2000)

272 Ga. 42

HIGHTOWER v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

January 31, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Collier & Gamble, Wilbur T. Gamble III, Dawson, for appellant.

Charles M. Ferguson, District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Wesley S. Wood, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

CARLEY, Justice.

A jury found Willie Lee Hightower guilty of the malice murder of Ms. Mae Brown. He appeals from the judgment of conviction and the life sentence entered by the trial court on the jury's guilty verdict.1

1. A neighbor found the body of Ms. Brown lying on the floor of her home. She died from a gunshot wound to the head. Material taken from under her fingernails was submitted...

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