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CHAPMAN v. STATE

Nos. S01A0581, S01A0582.

548 S.E.2d 278 (2001)

273 Ga. 865

CHAPMAN v. The STATE. Murphy v. The State.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

June 4, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James D. Michael, for appellant (case no. S01A0581).

Virginia W. Tinkler, Decatur, for appellant (case no. S01A0582).

John T. Morgan, Dist. Atty., Barbara B. Conroy, Kristen L. Wood, Asst. Dist. Attys., Thurbert E. Baker, Atty. Gen., Paula K. Smith, Senior Asst. Atty. Gen., Tammie J. Philbrick, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

HINES, Justice.

Damien Chapman and Reginald Murphy appeal their convictions for felony murder, in connection with the death of Jannel Sanders. For the reasons that follow, we reverse.1

The police found Sanders, Chapman's mother, in her apartment, dead of asphyxiation. She had been missing for several days. Her body was in the closet of the master bedroom, wrapped in a sheet, and dressed...

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