FAIN v. STATE

46636.

259 Ga. 708 (1989)

386 S.E.2d 144

FAIN v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied December 20, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. David Wolfe, for appellant.

Thomas C. Lawler III, District Attorney, Debra K. Turner, Assistant District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Leonora Grant, C. A. Benjamin Woolf, for appellee.


BELL, Justice.

The appellant, Joseph Leland Fain, appeals his conviction and sentence for the malice murder of his wife, Janice D. Fain, and the possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. We affirm in part and reverse in part.1

On December 17, 1986, the appellant violently quarrelled with and beat the victim, who then left their residence. The couple quarrelled again when she returned the following evening. During the quarrel...

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