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JOHNSON v. STATE

No. S15A0937.

778 S.E.2d 769 (2015)

297 Ga. 839

JOHNSON v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

October 19, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Amy Lee Ihrig , Office of the Public Defender, Savannah, for appellant.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., Matthew Blackwell Crowder , Asst. Atty. Gen., Paula Khristian Smith , Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., Samuel S. Olens , Atty. Gen., Department of Law, Frank M. Pennington II , Asst. Dist. Atty., Margaret Ellen Heap , Dist. Atty., Lyndsey Hurst Rudder , Asst. Dist. Atty., Gregory M. McConnell , Asst. Dist. Atty., Office of the District Attorney Eastern Judicial Circuit, for appellee.

Appellant Farren Johnson was found guilty but mentally ill of malice murder and other crimes in connection with the shooting death of his stepfather, Clarence Alston. On appeal, his only contention is that the trial court erred when it denied his request to charge the jury on voluntary manslaughter. Finding no such error, we affirm...

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