ANDERSON v. STATE

64424.

163 Ga. App. 571 (1982)

295 S.E.2d 748

ANDERSON v. THE STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided September 17, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley C. House, for appellant.

Sam B. Sibley, Jr., District Attorney, Charles R. Sheppard, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.


McMURRAY, Presiding Judge.

Defendant appeals his conviction for the offense of voluntary manslaughter in causing the death of another human being by stabbing him with a certain knife, a deadly weapon, while acting solely as the result of a sudden, violent and irresistible passion resulting from serious provocation sufficient to excite said passion in a reasonable person. Held:

1. Defendant's main defense was that the homicide was justifiable. Defendant...

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