Dean v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Dean v. State

251 S.E.2d 553, 242 Ga. 808, 1979 Ga. LEXIS 755

CourtSupreme Court of Georgia

DecidedJanuary 4, 1979

Docket34382

StatusPublished

Cited by3 cases

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Dean v. State, 251 S.E.2d 553, 242 Ga. 808, 1979 Ga. LEXIS 755 (Ga. 1979).

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Nichols, Chief Justice.

Dean was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. The state has filed an affidavit of his jailer establishing that he escaped from confinement in the Bibb County Jail four days before the filing of his notice of [809]*809appeal and has not been recaptured. This information as to his status as a fugitive is uncontroverted. The state has moved to dismiss his appeal. The motion to dismiss the appeal is granted. Gravitt v. State, 221 Ga. 812 (147 SE2d 447) (1966); Binns v. State, 229 Ga. 120 (189 SE2d 393) (1972); Griffin v. State, 239 Ga. 795 (239 SE2d 16) (1977).

Decided January 4, 1979. Markwalter, Cook & Shaffer, C. R. Cook, R. R. Markwalter, for appellant. Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, W. Davis Hewitt, W. Donald Thompson, District Attorney, Willis Sparks, III, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.

Appeal dismissed.

All the Justices concur.

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Nichols, Chief Justice.

Dean was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. The state has filed an affidavit of his jailer establishing that he escaped from confinement in the Bibb County Jail four days before the filing of his notice of [809]*809appeal and has not been recaptured. This information as to his status as a fugitive is uncontroverted. The state has moved to dismiss his appeal. The motion to dismiss the appeal is granted. Gravitt v. State, 221 Ga. 812 (147 SE2d 447) (1966); Binns v. State, 229 Ga. 120 (189 SE2d 393) (1972); Griffin v. State, 239 Ga. 795 (239 SE2d 16) (1977).

Decided January 4, 1979. Markwalter, Cook & Shaffer, C. R. Cook, R. R. Markwalter, for appellant. Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, W. Davis Hewitt, W. Donald Thompson, District Attorney, Willis Sparks, III, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.

Appeal dismissed.

All the Justices concur.

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