Thomas v. State

Birdsong, Chief Judge.

George L. Thomas, appellant, was charged with the malice murder of Randy Pritchard, but was convicted of voluntary manslaughter. Thomas and his girl friend, Cathy Mays, went to the Green Front Cafe, in Griffin, Georgia, around midnight on April 2, 1984. They purchased sandwiches and walked outside to the front of the cafe, where a dice game was in progress. Pritchard was shooting dice and had lost around $25. Thomas said he had known Pritchard for some time and laughed at him. Pritchard and Thomas grabbed each other and got into a shoving match which was broken up by…