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PENN v. STATE

No. A96A2513.

481 S.E.2d 602 (1997)

224 Ga. App. 616

PENN v. The STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

February 12, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McClellan & Pangborn, John F. McClellan, Jr., Rome, for appellant.

Stephen F. Lanier, District Attorney, Leigh E. Patterson, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.

BEASLEY, Judge.

Penn was convicted of aggravated battery (OCGA § 16-5-24), aggravated assault (OCGA § 16-5-21), and simple battery (OCGA § 16-5-23). He was sentenced only for aggravated battery because the other two convictions merged. His sole enumeration is that the court erred by failing to give his three requests to charge with respect to the defense of justification. The first of these was based on the first sentence of OCGA § 16-3-20, which...

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