ALDRIDGE v. STATE

36602.

247 Ga. 142 (1980)

274 S.E.2d 525

ALDRIDGE v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Rehearing Denied February 17, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles H. Watt III, Roy M. Lilly, Jr., for appellant.

H. L. Cole, District Attorney, Dwight May, Assistant District Attorney, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Mary Beth Westmoreland, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


JORDAN, Chief Justice.

William Lee Aldridge was convicted of the murder of his wife and sentenced to life imprisonment. This is his appeal.

Early in the day on January 31, 1980, appellant Aldridge and a friend began drinking. Appellant continued to drink throughout the day. He returned home late in the afternoon. His stepdaughter, upon noticing his condition, informed him that her mother would be angry. She waited up the road to warn her mother about appellant...

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