SHERMAN v. STATE

53350.

141 Ga. App. 632 (1977)

SHERMAN v. THE STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided March 17, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wynn Pelham, for appellant.

Bryant Huff, District Attorney, Dawson Jackson, William P. Rowe, III, Assistant District Attorneys, for appellee.


SMITH, Judge.

Appellant, Layman Sherman, Jr., was charged with murder and convicted of voluntary manslaughter in the Superior Court of Gwinnett County. He appeals alleging that the trial court erred in overruling his motion for mistrial. We affirm.

The evidence is uncontradicted that Sherman and Henry Green, the decedent, had heated words with one another and that the two became involved in a wrestling bout on the floor of the American Legion in Buford. Also...

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