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State high court upholds Griffin verdict, life sentence
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The state Supreme Court ruled Monday that the 2010 murder conviction of an Effingham County man will stand. The state’s justices ruled unanimously that Lester Casey Griffin’s conviction and life sentence for the 2009 death of 2-year-old Dylan Helmey should stand. Griffin is serving a life sentence, without parole, plus 20 years at Valdosta State Prison.