Smith v. State

486 S.E.2d 819 (1997)

268 Ga. 196

SMITH

v.

The STATE.

No. S96G1914.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

July 14, 1997.

Elizabeth Lane, Macon, for Smith.

Fredric Daniel Bright, Dist. Atty., Stephen A. Bradley, Asst. Dist. Atty., Milledgeville, for the State.

James C. Bonner, Jr., Georgia Indigent Defense Council, Atlanta, Nicholas A. Lotito, Davis Zipperman Kirschenbaum & Lotito, Atlanta, Amicus Appellant.

THOMPSON, Justice.

Vernita Smith, charged with malice murder, was convicted of voluntary manslaughter in the shooting death of her husband. The Court of Appeals rejected defendant's assertion that the trial court…