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BEARD v. STATE

S23A0906.

896 S.E.2d 497 (2023)

BEARD v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: December 19, 2023.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew Kyle Winchester , Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester, Garland Law Building, 3151 Maple Drive NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30305, Jason Michael McLendon , McLendon Law Firm, LLC, 1800 Peachtree Street NW, Suite 300, Atlanta, Georgia 30309, for Appellant.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Chelsea Sharonlyn-Clyde Harvey , Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, Deborah D. Wellborn , A.D.A., Lenny I. Krick , A.D.A., Sherry Boston , District Attorney, Drew Healy , A.D.A., Dekalb County District Attorney's Office, 556 North McDonough Street, Decatur, Georgia 30030, for Appellee.

Appellant James Leon Beard III challenges his convictions for felony murder and a firearm offense arising out of the shooting death of his wife, Angela Bishop. Appellant contends that the trial court committed plain error by failing to give the jury a no duty to retreat instruction and by giving the jury a sequential unanimity...

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