GAINER v. STATE

54887.

144 Ga. App. 703 (1978)

242 S.E.2d 286

GAINER v. THE STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided January 12, 1978.

Rehearing Denied February 7, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Spivey & Carlton, Robert S. Reeves, for appellant.

H. Reginald Thompson, District Attorney, Charles W. Cook, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.


SHULMAN, Judge.

Appellant was indicted for the murder of his wife and convicted of involuntary manslaughter. Apparently, appellant and his wife had been having some domestic difficulties. The sum and substance of the case, as indicated by the confession of appellant, was that the deceased struck his hand while he was holding a pistol and that the weapon went off accidentally. Appellant then took his wife to the hospital where she died.

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