Newman v. State

309 Ga. 171

FINAL COPY S20A0409. NEWMAN v. THE STATE. MELTON, Chief Justice. This is the second appearance of this case in this Court. In State v. Newman,

305 Ga. 792

( 827 SE2d 678) (2019) (“Newman I”), we reversed the trial court’s grant of David Miller Newman’s motion for a new trial. In doing so, we found that the trial court erred in concluding that harmful error occurred at Newman’s trial based on the court’s failure to give a sua sponte jury charge on the use of force in defense of habitation under OCGA § 16-3-23. See Newman I, supra, 305 Ga. at 797-798(2) (a). However, we remanded the…