Publication Date: 2015-10-23
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Nahmias, David E.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amy L. Ihrig Public Defender's Office, Savannah, for appellant.
for defendant: Margaret E. Heap, District Attorney, Lyndsey H. Rudder, Frank M. Pennington II, Assistant District Attorneys, Savannah, Gregory M. McConnell, Assistant District Attorney, Hinesville, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Matthew B. Crowder, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Therese S. Barnes Georgia Supreme Court, Atlanta.
Case Number: S15A0937
There was no evidence of serious provocation to support the defendant's request for a jury charge on voluntary manslaughter in his trial for malice murder and other crimes in connection with the sho