HOLT v. STATE

36882.

247 Ga. 648 (1981)

278 S.E.2d 390

HOLT v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided June 2, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence Lee Washburn III, for appellant.

Lewis R. Slaton, District Attorney, J. Wallace Speed, Benjamin H. Oehlert III, Assistant District Attorneys, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Harrison Kohler, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


SMITH, Justice.

Appellant was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. He raises three enumerations of error — that the evidence does not support the verdict, that the trial court erred in failing to charge on misfortune or accident, and that the court erred in instructing the jury that "felonious manslaughter," if any, would be the felony which would invoke the felony murder rule. We affirm.

1. Appellant asserts that the evidence does...

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