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STANLEY v. STATE

42105.

254 Ga. 376 (1985)

329 S.E.2d 500

STANLEY v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided May 22, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas F. Jarriel, for appellant.

Willis B. Sparks III, District Attorney, Charles H. Weston, Assistant District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, J. Michael Davis, for appellee.

CLARKE, Justice.

Appellant Stanley was convicted in the Superior Court of Bibb County of the malice murder of Amos Veal and sentenced to life imprisonment. He appeals.1 Stanley's single enumeration of error is that the trial court erred in failing to direct a verdict of acquittal on the basis of justification.

Stanley had moved in with Amos Veal's wife after the couple separated. When the...

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