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DRAKE v. STATE

No. S00A0699.

537 S.E.2d 336 (2000)

272 Ga. 797

DRAKE v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

October 2, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Penny D. Furr, Decatur, for appellant.

Paul L. Howard, Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, George W.K. Snyder, Jr., Assistant District Attorneys, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Adam M. Hames, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

BENHAM, Chief Justice.

Appellant Richard Lamont Drake was convicted of malice murder in connection with the death of his five-week-old daughter.1 He now brings this appeal in which he contends that the giving of portions of the trial court's jury instructions amounted to reversible error.

1. The associate medical examiner who performed the autopsy on the child testified that the cause of death was blunt force injury to the head...

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