Clay v. State

Sognier, Judge.

Clay appealed her conviction of voluntary manslaughter on the general grounds and other enumerated errors. On October 8, 1981 *347this court reversed Clay’s conviction because there was no evidence that the killing of Clay’s husband occurred solely as a result of a sudden, violent and irresistible passion resulting from serious provocation, which is an essential element of the offense of voluntary manslaughter as defined in Code § 26-1102. Clay v. State, 160 Ga. App. 178 (286 SE2d 476). On April 7, 1982 the Supreme Court of Georgia reversed the opinion of this court, holding that…