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ESPY v. STATE

S89A0046.

259 Ga. 587 (1989)

385 S.E.2d 659

ESPY v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided November 22, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William P. Slack, for appellant.

Ralph Van Pelt, Jr., District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Leonora Grant, for appellee.

HUNT, Justice.

Charles Leon Espy, Jr., was tried by a jury, convicted of the murder of his stepfather, David Morgan, and sentenced to life imprisonment.1 He appeals, contending the trial court erred by failing to charge the jury on the offense of voluntary manslaughter and by permitting the jury to view the pickup truck in which the victim's body was discovered.

The victim was a self-employed...

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