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GILLESPIE v. STATE

30933.

236 Ga. 845 (1976)

225 S.E.2d 296

GILLESPIE v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided April 20, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard N. Steinberg, Paul E. Cormier, for appellant.

William H. Ison, District Attorney, Clarence L. Leathers, Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Isaac Byrd, for appellee.

HALL, Justice.

David Wayne Gillespie was convicted, along with two co-defendants, for the murder of Tony Doster and sentenced to life imprisonment. His sole enumeration of error raises the question whether the trial court erred in refusing to charge on request the law of voluntary manslaughter. We hold that the requested charge was properly refused and affirm.

Gillespie relies on Banks v. State, 227 Ga. 578, 580 (

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