STANSELL v. STATE

No. S98A0975.

510 S.E.2d 292 (1998)

270 Ga. 147

STANSELL v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

November 16, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Healy & Svoren, Timothy Healy, Nina M. Svoren, Toccoa, for appellant.

Robert W. Lavender, District Attorney, J. David Duffy, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Elizabeth L. Jaeger, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


BENHAM, Chief Justice.

This appeal is from Scotty Lee Stansell's conviction for malice murder arising from his fatal shooting of his wife Crystal.1 The State put on evidence at trial which supported a finding of the following facts and events. The Stansells had been married for approximately two years and had a six-month-old child at the time of the shooting, but their marriage was troubled and they were considering divorce. On the Thursday...

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