MURPHY v. STATE

S89A0011.

259 Ga. 388 (1989)

383 S.E.2d 112

MURPHY v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided September 6, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Short & Fowler, Larkin M. Fowler, Jr., for appellant.

H. Lamar Cole, District Attorney, Charles M. Stines, Assistant District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Andrew S. Ree, for appellee.


BELL, Justice.

The appellant, James Lloyd Murphy, appeals from his convictions of malice murder and of the possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime. The trial court sentenced Murphy to life imprisonment for murder and to a consecutive five years in prison for the firearm count.1 We affirm.

On October 7, 1988, Murphy and the victim, Eugene Hall, were drinking at a bar with friends. Hall became belligerent toward...

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