James v. State

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

The defendant was indicted for malice murder and was tried twice before a jury in the Laurens County Superior Court. The first trial ended in a mistrial. The evidence adduced at the second trial revealed the following: On August 2, 1984, the defendant was watching over a pool hall in Dublin, Georgia, in the absence of his son who was employed there, when the victim caused a disturbance. The defendant went to his car, obtained a handgun and ordered the victim to leave and the victim did leave. A while later, the defendant left the pool hall and encountered the victim…