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FREEMAN v. STATE

No. S97A1959.

496 S.E.2d 716 (1998)

269 Ga. 337

FREEMAN v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied April 2, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rebecca Smith-Jones, Smith-Jones & Jones, L.L.P., Christopher Allen Jones, Clarkesville, for James Scott Freeman.

Michael H. Crawford, Dist. Atty., Clarkesville, Paula K. Smith, Senior Asst. Atty. Gen., Department of Law, Atlanta, for the State.

BENHAM, Chief Justice.

This appeal is from James Scott Freeman's conviction for two counts of murder.1 After an evening at a bar, and without immediate provocation, Freeman shot to death his stepfather and a friend of his stepfather, picked up shell casings, then went home. Among his defenses was justification based on the battered person syndrome. In support of that defense, he put on evidence that his stepfather had attempted to shoot...

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