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RICHARDS v. STATE

S90A1370.

260 Ga. 775 (1991)

400 S.E.2d 320

RICHARDS v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided February 6, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Jackson Burch, for appellant.

Spencer Lawton, Jr., District Attorney, Jon C. Hope, Assistant District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Mary H. Hines, for appellee.

FLETCHER, Justice.

The defendant, David Joel Richards, was convicted of the malice murder of Gary Chisolm and the possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony.1 He was sentenced to life imprisonment for the offense of murder and to a term of years for the possession offense.

While at a nightclub in Chatham County, Georgia, the defendant and victim became involved in a fist fight. The manager of the nightclub asked...

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