DASHER v. STATE

55788.

146 Ga. App. 118 (1978)

245 S.E.2d 476

DASHER v. THE STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided May 31, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gibbs, Leaphart & Smith, T. Alvin Leaphart, for appellant.

Glenn Thomas, Jr., District Attorney, John P. Rivers, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.


WEBB, Judge.

Marcus Dasher shot and killed Charlie Sheffield, his ex-wife's husband. He was indicted for murder, convicted of voluntary manslaughter, appeals, and we affirm.

1. Dasher asserts in his first enumeration that the trial court erred in refusing to allow Sheffield's wife to testify that Sheffield had a bad temper and was prone to violence when he was drinking.

"Proof of violent and turbulent character of the deceased becomes admissible when...

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