Publication Date: 2013-05-09
Practice Area:
Industry:
Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gary W. Jones, Marietta, for appellant.
for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, John R. Edwards, Irvan A. Pearlberg, 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 Kenneth W. Mishoe, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S13A0061
The defendant could not show that the trial court's failure to charge the jury on duty to retreat probably affected the outcome of his trial, since the jury was extensively charged on self-defense,