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WARE v. STATE

No. S00A0884.

537 S.E.2d 657 (2000)

273 Ga. 16

WARE v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

October 23, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mathis, Cannon & Cormack, Billy C. Mathis, Jr., Caroline A. Cormack, Albany, for appellant.

Kenneth B. Hodges III, District Attorney, Bradford R. Pierce, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Adam M. Hames, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

BENHAM, Chief Justice.

This appeal is from Vincent Ware's convictions for murder and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime.1 Ware admittedly shot and killed his uncle and legal guardian, Roy Martin. His defense was justification based on battered person syndrome. During his testimony, the person hired by trial counsel to support the defense with expert testimony discounted the validity of the syndrome. The jury found...

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