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BISHOP v. STATE

44313.

257 Ga. 136 (1987)

356 S.E.2d 503

BISHOP v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided June 4, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Word & Flinn, Gerald P. Word, Farmer, Rosenzweig, Kam, Jones & MacNabb, Joseph P. MacNabb, for appellant.

Arthur E. Mallory III, District Attorney, Randall K. Coggin, Assistant District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, J. Michael Davis, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

GREGORY, Justice.

Robert C. Bishop was convicted of malice murder and sentenced to life imprisonment.1 We affirm.

Bishop lived in a trailer park in Coweta County. Because he was concerned about past break-ins to his trailer, he erected a spring gun or trap gun. He positioned a Mauser 8mm high-powered rifle on two chairs with the barrel pointed in the direction of the trailer's front door...

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