LIGHTSEY v. STATE

62356.

160 Ga. App. 62 (1981)

286 S.E.2d 41

LIGHTSEY v. THE STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Rehearing Denied October 15, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ted D. Spears, for appellant.

Robert E. Keller, District Attorney, Jack T. Wimbish, Jr., Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.


QUILLIAN, Chief Judge.

The defendant was indicted for murder but was convicted of voluntary manslaughter. On appeal he contests the sufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict, the charge of the trial court, and admissibility of the state's evidence. Held:

1. The general grounds are without merit. The deceased was the stepfather of the defendant and on the afternoon this incident occurred he was drunk. He had an argument with the defendant &...

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