Publication Date: 2015-10-20
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter K. Odom The Odom Law Firm, Marietta, and Mary Katherine Durant Durant Law LLC, Tucker, for appellant.
for defendant: D. Victor Reynolds, District Attorney, John R. Edwards, Daniel J. Quinn, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Vicki S. Bass, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S15A0796
The trial court's refusal to give the defendant's requested jury instruction on accident did not affect the outcome of the trial, as the jury's conclusion that the defendant acted with malice necess