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· 1/11/1999

Worthem v. State

Citations

  • 509 S.E.2d 922
  • 270 Ga. 469
  • 99 Fulton County D. Rep. 253
  • 1999 Ga. LEXIS 7

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • “the provocation necessary to support a charge of voluntary manslaughter is markedly different from that which will support a self-defense claim” (punctuation and footnote omitted)
  • defendant’s conviction was based on sufficient evidence where his conviction was not premised solely upon his in-custody confession, but there was sufficient evidence to corroborate his confession to the police

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Judges: Sears

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