LANHAM v. STATE

34732.

243 Ga. 576 (1979)

255 S.E.2d 52

LANHAM v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided April 17, 1979.

Rehearing Denied May 2, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pierre Howard, Jr., Helen J. Medlin, England & Weller, J. Melvin England, for appellant.

Lewis R. Slaton, District Attorney, Wallace Speed, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.


UNDERCOFLER, Presiding Justice.

Lanham was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. He appeals, enumerating the general grounds and the failure of the trial court to charge on justification. We affirm.

1. The evidence was sufficient to support the verdict. The state's witnesses and the testimony by appellant established the deceased, Van Cole, was a male prostitute who solicited Lanham, an off-duty security guard, at a street corner. When Lanham...

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