COLEMAN v. STATE

43654.

256 Ga. 306 (1986)

348 S.E.2d 632

COLEMAN v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided October 7, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert H. Reeves, for appellant.

John R. Parks, District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, J. Michael Davis, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


MARSHALL, Chief Justice.

Appellant, Simon Coleman, Jr., was convicted by a jury for the murder of Janie Pearl Crumbley and sentenced to death. We reverse.1

1. Coleman argues that the trial court erred by refusing to give the appellant's written request to charge voluntary manslaughter.

"A person commits the offense of voluntary manslaughter when he causes the death of another human being under circumstances which would...

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