PITTS v. STATE

53574.

141 Ga. App. 845 (1977)

234 S.E.2d 682

PITTS v. THE STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided April 5, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harris, McCracken, Pickett & Jackson, J. Roy McCracken, for appellant.

H. R. Thompson, District Attorney, Charles W. Cook, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.


SHULMAN, Judge.

Appellant was charged with murder and convicted of voluntary manslaughter. This appeal follows a denial of a motion for a new trial.

1. Appellant asserts that the verdict was against the weight of the evidence because the state failed to establish that the appellant had shot and killed the individual named in the indictment as the decedent.

"On appeal our review is restricted to the legal sufficiency of the evidence, not the weight...

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