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GRIFFIN v. STATE

No. S96A1787.

481 S.E.2d 223 (1997)

267 Ga. 586

GRIFFIN v. STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

March 3, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy K. Peterson, Public Defender's Office, Decatur, for Griffin.

John Tom Morgan, III, Dist. Atty., Barbara B. Conroy, Asst. Dist. Atty., Decatur, Michael J. Bowers, Atty. Gen., Mary Beth Westmoreland, Deputy Atty. Gen., Paula K. Smith, Senior Asst. Atty. Gen., Atlanta, for State.

HUNSTEIN, Justice.

Merf Griffin went to Cheryl Lee's place of employment and shot her in the chest. Upon her arrival at DeKalb Medical Center, a police officer asked Lee if Griffin shot her, and Lee nodded yes; she later died. At trial, Griffin raised the defenses of accident and insanity, claiming the gun went off after he lost control of himself and pulled it out of his pocket. Griffin was convicted of malice murder and felony murder and sentenced to life in prison...

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