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ALLEN v. STATE

S90A0614.

260 Ga. 147 (1990)

390 S.E.2d 848

ALLEN v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided May 4, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Timmons, Jr., for appellant.

Lindsay A. Tise, Jr., District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, C. A. Benjamin Woolf, for appellee.

WELTNER, Justice.

Anthony Wayne Allen stabbed to death his wife, Wanda Keener Allen. He was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment.1

The record contains evidence of frequent quarrels between Allen and his wife. The fatal weapon was a kitchen knife with a rounded tip, which penetrated 2 1/2 inches into the victim's neck. Allen stated that while he was holding the knife to the victim's throat, she stepped against...

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