BENFORD v. STATE

61163.

158 Ga. App. 43 (1981)

279 S.E.2d 236

BENFORD v. THE STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Rehearing Denied March 18, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

O. Hale Almand, Jr., Philip T. Raymond III, for appellant.

Claude N. Morris, District Attorney, for appellee.


SHULMAN, Presiding Judge.

Defendant was charged with murder and convicted of voluntary manslaughter. We reverse.

The deceased was mortally wounded by a gunshot allegedly fired by the defendant during an altercation between the deceased and the defendant.

All of defendant's enumerations of error pertain to the trial court's jury instructions. Defendant contends that the court's refusal to charge the law on involuntary manslaughter was error. We agree...

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