KYLES v. STATE

34459.

243 Ga. 490 (1979)

255 S.E.2d 10

KYLES v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided April 5, 1979.

Rehearing Denied April 17, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ashman & Zipperer, Ralph R. Lorberbaum, for appellant.

Andrew J. Ryan, III, District Attorney, Robert M. Hitch, III, Assistant District Attorney, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, William B. Hill, Jr., Staff Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


NICHOLS, Chief Justice.

Donald Dawson Kyles was convicted of the murder of Lucinda Wingster and was sentenced to life imprisonment. He appeals. This court affirms.

Kyles questioned the victim, his fiancee, about an affair she had with another man. She responded that whatever she had done with the other man was her business. Kyles slapped her. She grabbed a butcher knife and Kyles stabbed her to death with it as they struggled.

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