Supreme Court of Georgia April 16, 1985, 41743 (Saunders v. State)

Bell, Justice.

The appellant, Ronald Saunders, was convicted of the malice murder of his girl friend, Lillian Roberts, and was sentenced to life imprisonment. 1 He appeals,2 and we affirm.

*263At the time of the altercation which led to Roberts’ death, Saunders had been living for several months with Roberts and her four children.