HOBSON v. STATE

No. S96A0777.

469 S.E.2d 188 (1996)

266 Ga. 638

HOBSON v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

April 29, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James D. Hobson, Oglethorpe, pro se.

J. Tom Morgan, Dist. Atty., Barbara B. Conroy, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., Decatur, Michael J. Bowers, Atty. Gen., Dept. of Law, Atlanta, for the State.


CARLEY, Justice.

James D. Hobson was tried before a jury and found guilty of malice murder. He appeals from the judgment of conviction and sentence of life imprisonment entered by the trial court on the jury's guilty verdict.1

1. Hobson shot the victim during an argument over a coat which Hobson had bought from the victim. Two eyewitnesses testified that they saw no aggressive behavior on the part of the victim. From the evidence...

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