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Hutto v. State

Citations

  • 320 Ga. App. 235
  • 739 S.E.2d 722
  • 2013 Fulton County D. Rep. 712
  • 2013 Ga. App. LEXIS 161

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  • holding defendant and victim’s history of conflict leading up to the incident, together with victim’s final conduct in engaging defendant in a fight was sufficient provocation to excite the passion necessary for conviction of voluntary manslaughter
  • evidence that defendant invited unarmed victim to fight and then stabbed the victim authorized jury to reject justification defense
  • evidence that defendant invited unarmed victim to fight and then stabbed the victim authorized jury to reject justification defense
  • “this Court is a court for the correction of errors and it does not consider matters which were not raised and ruled on by the trial court”

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Judges: Ray

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