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Carreker v. State

Citations

  • 541 S.E.2d 364
  • 273 Ga. 371
  • 2001 Fulton County D. Rep. 326
  • 2001 Ga. LEXIS 66

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that because there was some evidence from which the jury could have found that both parties intended to resolve their differences by fighting each other with deadly weapons, the trial court did not err by giving a mutual-combat charge
  • mutual combat charge authorized where evidence shows “both parties intended to resolve their differences by fighting each other”
  • mutual combat charge authorized where evidence showed “both parties intended to resolve their differences by fighting each other”

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Judges: Hunstein

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