BURGESS v. STATE

25745.

226 Ga. 529 (1970)

175 S.E.2d 829

BURGESS v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided June 8, 1970.

Rehearing Denied July 9, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Parker & Smith, James I. Parker, for appellant.

Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Harold N. Hill, Jr., Executive Assistant Attorney General, Marion O. Gordon, Assistant Attorney General, Dorothy T. Beasley, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


HAWES, Justice.

The appellant was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. She filed a motion for new trial on the general grounds and on four special grounds which was overruled, and she appealed.

1. There was no dispute that the defendant shot the deceased. In her statement and by evidence of witnesses in her behalf, she sought to show that the deceased, who was her former husband, was advancing upon her in a threatening manner with his hand...

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