JOHNSON v. STATE

30837.

236 Ga. 519 (1976)

224 S.E.2d 376

JOHNSON v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided March 11, 1976.

Rehearing Denied March 23, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roberts, Roberts & Rainwater, Guy Velpoe Roberts, Jr., for appellant.

D. E. Turk, District Attorney, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, John W. Dunsmore, Jr., Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.


HALL, Justice.

This is an appeal from a murder conviction and life sentence. Johnson did not deny the shooting, but claimed it was done in self-defense because of his fear that the victim might use some karate moves on him, take his gun away, and kill him.

The sole enumeration of error was the admission into evidence, over objection, of an investigating officer's testimony that when he arrived at the scene of the shooting, "I heard a remark from someone in...

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