NELMS v. STATE

42900.

255 Ga. 473 (1986)

340 S.E.2d 1

NELMS v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided February 28, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. Clark Landrum, for appellant.

David E. Perry, District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, for appellee.


CLARKE, Justice.

Nelms was tried for the murder of his father; the jury found him guilty but mentally ill and he was sentenced to life imprisonment. On appeal he contends that his confession was not voluntary due to mental illness and that the evidence demanded a verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity. He also complains of an improper jury charge on the distinction between guilty but mentally ill and not guilty by reason of insanity. On review of the record we...

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