SMITH v. STATE

S94A0182.

264 Ga. 174 (1994)

SMITH v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided May 9, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Abbi Susan Taylor, for appellant.

J. Tom Morgan, District Attorney, Robert E. Statham III, Thomas S. Clegg, J. George Guise, Assistant District Attorneys, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Susan V. Boleyn, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Matthew P. Stone, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


THOMPSON, Justice.

Henry Gaston Smith was convicted of malice murder in the shooting death of his common-law wife, Cynthia Smith.1 His sole enumeration of error on appeal is directed at the sufficiency of the evidence.

Defendant does not deny that he shot and killed the victim. He contends, however, that he did so in self-defense. Viewed in a light most favorable to the verdict, the evidence shows that Henry and Cynthia Smith had...

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