PORTER v. STATE

No. S00A0377.

531 S.E.2d 97 (2000)

272 Ga. 533

PORTER v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

May 30, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lynn M. Friedewald, Decatur, for appellant.

J. Tom Morgan, District Attorney, Barbara B. Conroy, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Daniel G. Ashburn, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


THOMPSON, Justice.

Eric Porter appeals from the judgment of conviction and sentence entered for the offense of malice murder, asserting that the trial court erred in refusing to instruct the jury on self-defense.1 Finding no error, we affirm.

After discovering that his apartment had been broken into and his gun stolen, the victim, Michael Humphrey, entered the apartment of Porter's brother and accused Porter of the break-in. With...

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