LYNN v. STATE

No. S14A0910.

765 S.E.2d 322 (2014)

296 Ga. 109

LYNN v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

November 3, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donna Avans Seagraves , Jefferson, for Appellant.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Atty. Gen., Deborah Schwind Wilbanks , Chief Asst. Dist. Atty., James Bradley Smith , Dist. Atty., Samuel Elias Skelton , Asst. Dist. Atty., Piedmont Judicial Circuit, District Attorney's Office, Paula Khristian Smith, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., Samuel S. Olens , Atty. Gen., Rochelle Warren Gordon , Asst. Atty. Gen., for Appellee.


Appellant James Morris Lynn, Jr. was tried by a Barrow County jury and convicted of the murder of Tonya Lynn, his wife of sixteen years. At trial, Appellant did not dispute that he killed Tonya, but he claimed that her killing was only voluntary manslaughter, arguing that it was provoked by, among other things, her admission...

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