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BYRD v. STATE

No. S91A0214.

403 S.E.2d 38 (1991)

261 Ga. 202

BYRD v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied May 9, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wm. Davis Hentz, Bruce & Hentz, LaFayette, for Byrd.

Ralph Van Pelt, Jr., Dist. Atty., LaFayette, Michael J. Bowers, Atty. Gen., Mary H. Hines, Staff Atty., Atlanta, for State.

HUNT, Justice.

Timothy Dewayne Byrd stabbed and killed his cousin, Don Eric Harris.1 He was convicted of malice murder and was given a life sentence. He appeals, raising as error the sufficiency of the evidence, and the admission of part of one of his statements into evidence.

The defendant admitted fighting with the victim, and stabbing him, but claimed self-defense. The jury was authorized to find the facts as follows. The evening...

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