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McKINNEY v. STATE

No. S06A1336.

635 S.E.2d 153 (2006)

McKINNEY v. STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

September 18, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin Gregory Hilliard, Lawrenceville, for Appellant.

Spencer Lawton, Jr., Dist. Atty., Thomas M. Cerbone, Asst. Dist. Atty., Savannah, Thurbert E. Baker, Atty. Gen., Dept. of Law, Atlanta, for Appellee.

BENHAM, Justice.

Michael Deal, one of eight prisoners housed in the protective custody pod of the Chatham County Detention Center, was found hanging by a bedsheet from the doorframe of his cell on July 24, 2001. His death was believed to be a suicide until three days later, when another prisoner housed in the pod passed to a jail officer a note which stated Deal had been murdered by other inmates. Appellant Leon McKinney is an inmate found guilty of the felony murder...

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