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BRUNSON v. STATE

No. S13A0273.

744 S.E.2d 695 (2013)

293 Ga. 226

BRUNSON v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

June 17, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Amy Lee Ihrig, Office of the Public Defender, for appellant.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Deputy Atty. Gen., Paula Khristian Smith, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., Samuel S. Olens, Atty. Gen., David Allan Zisook, Asst. Atty. Gen., Department of Law, Larry Chisolm, Dist. Atty., David E. Perry, Chief Asst. Dist. Atty., Frank M. Pennington, II, Asst. Dist. Atty., Office of the District Attorney, for appellee.

HUNSTEIN, Chief Justice.

Joseph Brunson was convicted of felony murder in connection with the shooting death of Derek Milton in Savannah.1 The trial court gave jury instructions on accident and voluntary manslaughter, but refused to give a requested charge on self-defense. Because the evidence did not support the giving of the charge, the trial court did not err in denying Brunson's request for a jury instruction on self-defense. Therefore...

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