Publication Date: 2014-04-03
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Hines, P. Harris
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stanley W. Schoolcraft III Public Defender's Office, McDonough, for appellant.
for defendant: Tracy G. Lawson, District Attorney, Elizabeth A. Baker, Frances C. Kuo, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorneys, Billy J. Dixon, Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, 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: S13A1344
The defendant admitted to fatally shooting the victim, who was standing outside of a pizza parlor, and the jury was entitled to disbelieve his claim of self-de