KELLER v. STATE

35869.

245 Ga. 522 (1980)

265 S.E.2d 813

KELLER v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided March 18, 1980.

Rehearing Denied March 31, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Awtrey & Parker, George W. Darden, Toby B. Prodgers, for appellant.

William A. Foster, III, District Attorney, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Nicholas G. Dumich, Staff Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


UNDERCOFLER, Chief Justice.

On December 22, 1978, appellant shot and killed her husband while he lay sleeping. She then called police and told them she committed the crime. At trial, her defense was justification. A jury convicted her of murder and she was sentenced to life imprisonment. She appeals, enumerating five errors.1 We affirm.

1. Appellant claims error because the trial judge, when defining justifiable homicide, also...

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