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TARVESTAD v. STATE

No. S91G0872.

409 S.E.2d 513 (1991)

261 Ga. 605

TARVESTAD v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

October 18, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Billy L. Spruell, Brian M. Dubuc, Spruell & Dubuc, P.C., Atlanta, for Tarvestad.

Thomas C. Lawler, III, Dist. Atty., Lawrenceville, Allyson Fritz, Debra K. Turner, Asst. Dist. Attys., Lawrenceville, for the State.

FLETCHER, Justice.

Ronald Eugene Tarvestad was convicted of being a habitual violator under OCGA § 40-5-58. The Court of Appeals affirmed. Tarvestad v. State, 198 Ga.App. 863, 403 S.E.2d 446 (1991). We granted a writ of certiorari to consider whether the trial judge should have given a jury instruction on justification based on OCGA § 16-3-20(6).1

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