BALOM v. STATE

35700.

245 Ga. 367 (1980)

265 S.E.2d 57

BALOM v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided March 4, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randall & Bailey, William C. Randall, for appellant.

Phillip R. West, District Attorney, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Susan V. Boleyn, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


BOWLES, Justice.

Appellant was found guilty of murder after a jury trial and sentenced to life imprisonment. His allegation of error, though divided into three enumerations of error, is essentially that the evidence did not support the verdict.

The evidence showed that appellant shot the victim in a bar after an argument over a $5 debt. Appellant testified that he shot in self-defense as the victim was approaching him with an open knife. A witness for the...

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