BROWN v. STATE

31754.

238 Ga. 589 (1977)

234 S.E.2d 506

BROWN v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided April 6, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Galin & Friedman, Martin W. Alpert, for appellant.

Andrew J. Ryan, Jr., District Attorney, Andrew J. Ryan, III, Chief Assistant District Attorney, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Susan V. Boleyn, Staff Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

This appeal is from a conviction for murder and a life sentence.

Appellant and the victim, both of whom had been drinking, were engaged in a knife fight that resulted in the victim being stabbed in the heart. He died shortly thereafter from the wound. The appellant contended at the trial that he was defending himself, that he took the knife from the victim, and though he cut him, he did not intend to kill the victim. The jury obviously did not...

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