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· 3/26/2009

Lightning v. State

Citations

  • 676 S.E.2d 780
  • 297 Ga. App. 54
  • 2009 Fulton County D. Rep. 1268
  • 2009 Ga. App. LEXIS 360

How courts have described this case

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  • a defendant must admit the act or he is not entitled to a charge on justification
  • a defendant must admit the act or he is not entitled to a charge on justification
  • a defendant must admit the act or he is not entitled to a charge on justification
  • trial court properly instructed the jury that “[a]n affirmative defense is a defense that admits the doing of the act charged”

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Judges: Barnes, Johnson, Phipps

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