Publication Date: 2015-06-17
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tobe C. Karrh, Public Defender, Swainsboro, and Johnny E. C. Vines, Public Defender, Lyons, for appellant.
for defendant: Rebecca A. Wright, District Attorney, Madonna M. Little, Assistant District Attorney, Joshua B. Smith District Attorney's Office, Augusta, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Katherine L. Iannuzzi, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S15A0309
The jury was authorized to disbelieve the defendant's testimony that he stabbed the two victims in self-defense, particularly in light of evidence that appeared at odds with the defendant's ac