· 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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