YOUNG v. STATE

51612.

137 Ga. App. 473 (1976)

224 S.E.2d 109

YOUNG v. THE STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided February 2, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Percy J. Blount, for appellant.

Richard E. Allen, District Attorney, Sam B. Sibley, Jr., Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.


QUILLIAN, Judge.

Defendant was charged with the murder of Sandy Wigham. She appeals her conviction of the lesser offense of voluntary manslaughter. Held:

1. The sole enumeration of error complains of the failure of the trial judge to charge on the law of confessions. Miss Young took the stand in her defense and admitted that she shot the deceased, but only after the deceased had shot at her "four times". The state had previously introduced her pre-trial...

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