COLEY v. STATE

No. A95A2289.

469 S.E.2d 513 (1996)

220 Ga. App. 468

COLEY v. The STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

March 6, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morris S. Robertson, Dublin, for appellant.

Ralph M. Walke, District Attorney, L. Craig Fraser, Jeff J. Conner, Assistant District Attorneys, for appellee.


RUFFIN, Judge.

Gladys Coley appeals her conviction of voluntary manslaughter, enumerating as error the general grounds and the trial court's charge on justification. For reasons which follow, we reverse.

Responding to a call reporting an assault, Officer Allen Brantley discovered Coley at her aunt's home, clad in a nightgown, her arms bathed in blood, and bleeding from her hand. He learned that Coley arrived at the home naked and had been beating on the door...

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