Legal Opinion
Koritta v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided January 10, 1994No. S93G0343Published
1Opinion of the Court
263 Ga. 703 (1994)
438 S.E.2d 68
KORITTA
v.
THE STATE.
S93G0343.
Supreme Court of Georgia.
Decided January 10, 1994.
Michael M. Sheffield, for appellant.
J. Tom Morgan, District Attorney, J. George Guise, Gregory J. Giornelli, Assistant District Attorneys, for appellee.
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…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Moore v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1972
- Turner v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1992
- Griffin v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1937
- Koritta v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1994
- Head v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1993
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