Smith v. State

Hill, Justice.

George Smith, Jr., returned to his mother’s home in Macon, Georgia, in April of 1977 having spent some 29 years in prisons and mental institutions in New York. He stayed with his mother until November of 1977 when his family committed him to Central State Hospital because he struck his mother, knocking her down. After his release he moved in with his sister from May until August *45of 1978, when he returned to his mother’s home.

In the winter of 1978, the City of Macon employed him under the Comprehensive Employment Training Act (CETA) as a security guard for a parking lot for city…