Legal Opinion
Chastain v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided May 9, 1986No. 42892Published
1Opinion of the Court
255 Ga. 723 (1986)
342 S.E.2d 678
CHASTAIN
v.
THE STATE.
42892.
Supreme Court of Georgia.
Decided May 9, 1986.
Lambert, Floyd & Conger, George C. Floyd, for appellant.
J. Brown Moseley, District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, J. Michael Davis, Staff Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.
GREGORY, Justice.
David Chastain was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment.[1] He was also convicted of two counts of tampering with evidence. We affirm the murder conviction and one count of tampering with evidence, but reverse the conviction of the other tampering charge.
Chastain,…
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