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RIGSBY v. STATE

S19A0172.

829 S.E.2d 93 (2019)

RIGSBY v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: June 3, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chaunda Brock , BROCK LAW, LLC, P O Box 93946, Atlanta, Georgia 30377, for Appellant.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, DEPARTMENT OF LAW, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, Scott L. Ballard , District Attorney, GRIFFIN JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, Fayette County Justice Center, One Center Drive, Fayetteville, Georgia 30214, Benjamin David Coker , District Attorney, GRIFFIN JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, P.O. Box 871, Thomaston, Georgia 30286, Elizabeth Morgan Kendrick , GRIFFIN JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, P.O. Box 57, Griffin, Georgia 30224, Jason Matthew Rea , A.D.A., DEKALB COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, 556 N McDonough Street, Suite 700, Decatur, Georgia 30030, for Appellee.

Appellant Johnny Rigsby was convicted of malice murder and other crimes in connection with the shooting death of his girlfriend Betty Smith. Appellant contends that the trial court erred by failing to suppress his post-arrest statement to an investigator, that the jury instructions and verdict form regarding the lesser...

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