Henley v. State

Deen, Presiding Judge.

Henry Howard Henley was indicted for the murder of Dimple Lumpkin and appeals from his conviction of voluntary manslaughter.

1. When a defendant’s character has been placed in evidence and a witness testifies as to the character of the defendant for peaceable conduct and general good character, the state may test the witness’s knowledge of a specific threat made upon the victim’s life. Mimbs v. State, 189 Ga. 189 (5 SE2d 770) (1939). If a character witness testifies he has not heard of such a threat, it is not error to ask certain hypothetical questions to determine the…