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Jeffery v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia
May 25, 1984
319 S.E.2d 465 (Ga. Ct. App. 1984)

Opinion

67979.

DECIDED MAY 25, 1984.

Voluntary manslaughter. Fulton Superior Court. Before Judge Eldridge.

Kenneth R. Croy, for appellant.

Lewis R. Slaton, District Attorney, Joseph J. Drolet, Richard E. Hicks, Assistant District Attorneys, for appellee.


Indicted for murder, defendant appeals his conviction for voluntary manslaughter. Held:

1. As defendant raised no objection at trial to the assistant district attorney's alleged improper argument, there is nothing for this court to review. Brooks v. State, 144 Ga. App. 97 (5) ( 240 S.E.2d 593).

2. The general grounds are asserted.

The evidence authorized the jury to find that defendant got into a dispute with the male victim concerning a female, which led to physical contact between defendant and the victim, and culminated in the death of the victim from a gunshot wound inflicted by defendant. The evidence was sufficient to authorize any rational jury to find defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307 (99 SC 2781, 61 L.Ed.2d 560).

Judgment affirmed. Birdsong and Carley, JJ., concur.

DECIDED MAY 25, 1984.


Summaries of

Jeffery v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia
May 25, 1984
319 S.E.2d 465 (Ga. Ct. App. 1984)
Case details for

Jeffery v. State

Case Details

Full title:JEFFERY v. THE STATE

Court:Court of Appeals of Georgia

Date published: May 25, 1984

Citations

319 S.E.2d 465 (Ga. Ct. App. 1984)
171 Ga. App. 97