NALLS v. STATE

S18A0147 S18A0148.

815 S.E.2d 38 (2018)

NALLS v. The STATE. Baskin v. The State.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: June 4, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven Eric Phillips , OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC DEFENDER, ATLANTA JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, 100 Peachtree Street, Suite 1600, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, for Appellant (Case No. S18A0147).

Christina Rupp Cribbs , GEORGIA PUBLIC DEFENDER COUNCIL — APPELLATE DIVISION, Tyler R. Conklin , GEORGIA PUBLIC DEFENDER COUNCIL, 104 Marietta Street NW, Suite 600 Atlanta, Georgia 30303, for Appellant (Case No. S18A0148).

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Michael Alexander Oldham , Assistant Attorney General, DEPARTMENT OF LAW, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, Paul L. Howard, Jr. , District Attorney, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder , Deputy D.A., FULTON COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, 136 Pryor Street, S.W., 4th Floor Atlanta, Georgia 30303, Arthur C. Walton , A.D.A., FULTON COUNTY COURTHOUSE, 4th Floor, 136 Pryor Street SW, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, for Appellee (Case No. S18A0147).

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Michael Alexander Oldham , Assistant Attorney General, DEPARTMENT OF LAW, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, Paul L. Howard, Jr. , District Attorney, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder , Deputy D.A., FULTON COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, 136 Pryor Street, S.W., 4th Floor Atlanta, Georgia 30303, for Appellee (Case No. S18A0148).


Sean Nalls and Montrella Baskin appeal their convictions for malice murder and other charges stemming from an incident in which William Hughes was killed while attempting to buy drugs.1 Nalls argues (1) that the trial court erred by failing to limit a jury instruction on justification as applying only...

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