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SECKINGER v. STATE

No. S96A1532.

477 S.E.2d 129 (1996)

267 Ga. 260

SECKINGER v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

November 4, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark W. Straughan, Straughan & Straughan, McRae, for Seckinger.

Timothy G. Vaughn, District Attorney, Eastman, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Atlanta, for the State.

FLETCHER, Presiding Justice.

A jury convicted James Seckinger of murder in the death of Betty Kersey.1 He appeals challenging the sufficiency of the evidence and the trial court's failure to give a charge on "guilty but mentally ill." Because Seckinger's own statement admitting the shooting and the corroborating physical evidence were sufficient evidence and because the evidence did not support a charge of guilty but mentally ill, we affirm...

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