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Gibbs v. State

Citations

  • 570 S.E.2d 360
  • 257 Ga. App. 38
  • 2002 Fulton County D. Rep. 2468
  • 2002 Ga. App. LEXIS 1040

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  • A jury instruction on a lesser included offense is not required when ‘the evidence shows either the commission of the completed offense as charged, or the commission of no offense[.]”
  • jury not required to believe defendant’s self-serving testimony that shooting was accidental

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Judges: Ruffin, Pope, Barnes

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