HATNEY v. STATE

S20A0202.

841 S.E.2d 702 (2020)

HATNEY v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: April 6, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ian Bucy , Office of the Appellate Defender, 104 Marietta St., NW, Suite 600, Atlanta, Georgia, for Appellant.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Paula Christian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Alex Martin Bernick , Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, SW, Atlanta, Georgia, Bradfield M. Shealy , District Attorney, Michelle Thomas Harrison , A.D.A., Southern Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office, P.O. Box 99, Valdosta, Georgia, for Appellee.


Following a jury trial, Cornelius Hatney was convicted of felony murder predicated on aggravated assault in connection with the beating death of Etate Essang. Hatney appeals, contending that the trial court erred in refusing to give a requested jury instruction on voluntary manslaughter as a lesser offense of the charges of malice...

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