Supreme Court of Georgia June 22, 1989, 46317 (Tatum v. State)

Bell, Justice.

The appellant, John Leonard Tatum, was found guilty of the malice murder of his ex-wife, Barbara Ann Tatum. The trial court sentenced Tatum to life in prison.

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Tatum now appeals. He contends that the trial court erred in denying his request for funds to hire an expert to support his theory that his handgun discharged inadvertently or “hangfired.