Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-08-22 02:37:49.244652+00
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Fletcher, Presiding Justice,
concurring specially.
As I have stated before, a jury instruction that follows the language of O.C.G.A. § 17-10-31.1 (d) is confusing. A trial court would do better to charge only the correct definition of life without parole, “[l]ife without parole means that the defendant will be incarcerated for the remainder of his natural life and shall not be eligible for parole.”3 However, I cannot conclude that the additional confusing language constitutes reversible error. Therefore, I concur in the affir-mance of the conviction and sentence.
I am authorized to state that Justice Sears joins in this special concurrence.

 Bishop v. State, 268 Ga. 286, 297 (486 SE2d 887) (1997) (Fletcher, P. J., concurring specially).