Koritta v. State

Benham, Justice.

After being indicted for malice murder and felony murder in connection with the homicide of a visitor to his home, appellant was convicted of voluntary manslaughter. While the trial court gave appellant’s requested instruction on accident, it refused to give a requested charge on justification. The Court of Appeals affirmed appellant’s conviction. Koritta v. State, 206 Ga. App. 228 (424 SE2d 799) (1992). We granted appellant’s application for certiorari to determine whether the failure to give the charge on self-defense was correct in light of our recent decision in Turner v.…