ROBERSON v. STATE

31204.

237 Ga. 281 (1976)

227 S.E.2d 329

ROBERSON v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided July 9, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Calhoun & Kernaghan, William C. Calhoun, for appellant.

Richard E. Allen, District Attorney, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, James L. Mackay, Staff Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


HALL, Justice.

Roberson, sentenced to life imprisonment upon a jury verdict convicting him of the murder of Willie Hall, appeals, enumerating as error the overruling of his new trial motion on each ground thereof, and additionally challenging a jury charge on justification.

1. The evidence amply sufficed to sustain the verdict. Roberson testified that he shot Hall only after Hall had twice shot at him, and the defense witnesses generally supported his story...

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