JACKSON v. STATE

34157.

242 Ga. 692 (1978)

251 S.E.2d 282

JACKSON v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided December 5, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Davis, Davidson & Hopkins, Jack S. Davidson, Robinson, Harben, Armstrong & Millikan, Sam Harben, for appellant.

Nat Hancock, District Attorney, Richard J. Burkett, Assistant District Attorney, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, G. Stephen Parker, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

Eloise Jackson, a/k/a Eloise Jones appeals from a conviction of murder with a life sentence. There were several eyewitnesses who saw the appellant stab the victim. Her defense was that she had stabbed him because she was afraid that she would be killed because of the beating she had sustained and the fact that the deceased had been drinking and using drugs.

The sole enumeration of error contends that the trial court erred in refusing to allow appellant...

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