COLUMBUS v. STATE

58501.

151 Ga. App. 862 (1979)

261 S.E.2d 771

COLUMBUS v. THE STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided October 19, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marjorie Thurman, Thomas H. Antonion, for appellant.

Lewis R. Slaton, District Attorney, Joseph J. Drolet, R. David Petersen, Assistant District Attorneys, for appellee.


BANKE, Judge.

Defendant was indicted for murder, convicted by a jury of voluntary manslaughter, and sentenced to serve a sentence of 10 years. He contends on appeal that the state failed to prove the corpus delicti of the homicide. Held:

1. The evidence, while in some conflict, amply supports the jury's finding that the victim died of a gunshot wound intentionally inflicted by the defendant. The first enumeration of error is without merit.

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