Allaben v. State

315 Ga. 789

FINAL COPY S23A0061. ALLABEN v. THE STATE. ELLINGTON, Justice. This is the third appearance of this case before this Court. Twice previously, Dennis Ronald Allaben appealed from a conviction for malice murder arising from the strangulation death of his wife, Maureen. On each appeal, we reversed the conviction and remanded the case, and a retrial ensued. See Allaben v. State,

294 Ga. 315

( 751 SE2d 802) (2013) (“Allaben I”); Allaben v. State,

299 Ga. 253

( 787 SE2d 711) (2016) (“Allaben II”). After Allaben’s third trial was held in December 2016, a DeKalb County jury found him guilty of…