MUSIC v. STATE

35547.

244 Ga. 832 (1979)

262 S.E.2d 128

MUSIC v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided December 5, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James C. Abernathy, for appellant.

Glenn Thomas, Jr., District Attorney, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Mary Beth Westmoreland, Staff Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


MARSHALL, Justice.

The jury found the defendant guilty of murder, and he was sentenced to life in prison. On appeal, his sole enumeration of error is that the trial judge erred in denying his motion for new trial on the ground that he should have been allowed to prove previous, specific acts of violence of the victim against persons other than the appellant showing the same type of violence that was threatened against him, for the purpose of showing that the victim...

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