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PHILLIPS v. STATE

No. S99A1100.

521 S.E.2d 573 (1999)

271 Ga. 489

PHILLIPS v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

September 20, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sullivan & Sturdivant, Harold A. Sturdivant, Michele W. Ogletree, Griffin, for appellant.

William T. McBroom III, District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Mary Beth Westmoreland, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Angelica M. Woo, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

BENHAM, Chief Justice.

This appeal is from Raquel Twan Phillips's conviction of murder and possession of a firearm during commission of a crime.1 The evidence adduced at trial showed that earlier on the evening of the shooting involved here, Phillips and a group of friends argued with the victim, Pamela Burden, and one of her sisters. When Phillips produced a pistol during the argument, Burden offered to fight if Phillips would put away...

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