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Carver v. State

Citations

  • 425 S.E.2d 657
  • 262 Ga. 723
  • 93 Fulton County D. Rep. 496
  • 1993 Ga. LEXIS 199

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  • trial court not required to define \forcible felony\ because it \extensively charged on justification and self-defense\ and \the applicable principles [were] fairly covered by the charge as given\
  • trial court not required to define “forcible felony” because it “extensively charged on justification and self-defense” and “the applicable principles [were] fairly covered by the charge as given”
  • unnecessary to give exact language of a request to charge where applicable principles of justification and self-defense are covered by the charge as given

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Judges: Hunstein, Clarke, Hunt, Benham, Fletcher, Sears-Collins

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