State v. Green

BENHAM, Justice.

Jeffrey Waldon died on January 19, 2008, when his femoral artery was punctured by a knife held by appellee Deiran Green during a physical struggle between Waldon and Green. Green was charged in an indictment returned by a Fulton County grand jury with malice murder, felony murder (with aggravated assault as the predicate offense), aggravated assault by stabbing the victim with a knife, and possession of a knife during the commission of a felony. Contending he was acting in defense of self when Waldon was fatally stabbed, Green filed a motion to dismiss the indictment and enter…