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Chapman v. State

Citations

  • 386 S.E.2d 129
  • 259 Ga. 706
  • 1989 Ga. LEXIS 499

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  • rejecting claim that court failed to give requested charge on state’s burden when an affirmative defense is raised because the court charged that general principle of law
  • evidence that husband frequently beat wife during courtship and marriage, hit and threatened to kill her two days before his death, and beat her for buying new clothes on the day she killed him

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Judges: Gregory

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