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EMORY v. STATE

S91A0122.

260 Ga. 814 (1991)

400 S.E.2d 625

EMORY v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided February 21, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laurens C. Lee, for appellant.

Ralph M. Walke, District Attorney, Peter F. Larsen, S. Craig Fraser, Assistant District Attorneys, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Andrew S. Ree, for appellee.

WELTNER, Justice.

Nelson Emory stabbed Dale Stephens to death with a knife. He was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment.1

While Emory was visiting a female friend, he became engaged in an argument with her brother, Stephens. The latter obtained a piece of wood with which he attacked Emory. Although Emory had an opportunity to depart, he stabbed Stephens in the heart.

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