Glass v. State

Jordan, Justice.

The appellant was convicted of murder, sentenced to life imprisonment and appeals.

Appellant, Dorsey Lee Glass, and Evelyn Henderson had lived together for eight years in Mrs. Henderson’s side of a duplex in Atlanta. The duplex was also occupied by Mrs. Henderson’s children, grandchildren and mother, Charlie Pearl Mann, who lived in the other side-of the duplex. On July 4, 1974, appellant and Mrs. Henderson argued, at which time appellant struck Mrs. Henderson, knocking her down. Mrs. Henderson told appellant to leave, that he could no longer live with her. Next day appellant…