MILTON v. STATE

35477.

245 Ga. 20 (1980)

262 S.E.2d 789

MILTON v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided January 4, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Falligant, Sims & Donaldson, R. B. Donaldson, Jr., for appellant.

Andrew J. Ryan, III, District Attorney, Stephen R. Yekel, Assistant District Attorney, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Russell N. Sewell, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


NICHOLS, Chief Justice.

Freddie M. Milton appeals his conviction for the murder of his former wife, Marie Benjamin Milton. He was sentenced to life imprisonment. His only enumeration of error contends that the court erred in excluding on motion of the state his testimony and the testimony of one of his witnesses concerning four specific occasions upon which the deceased had attacked him with various weapons. This court reverses.

The deceased had returned from...

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