STEELE v. STATE

A94A2298, A94A2299, A94A2300, A94A2301.

216 Ga. App. 276 (1995)

STEELE v. THE STATE. BURKE v. THE STATE. MATTHEWS v. THE STATE. STANFORD v. THE STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided February 10, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Merrill, Stone & Parks, George R. Parks, Jr., for appellant (case no. A94A2298).

Reeves & Palmer, Kathy S. Palmer, for appellant (case no. A94A2299).

Lovett Bennett, Jr., for appellant (case no. A94A2300).

Thomas J. O'Donnell, for appellant (case no. A94A2301).

Richard A. Malone, District Attorney, for appellee.


SMITH, Judge.

Johnny Lee Steele, Worth Talmadge Matthews, Robert Lee Burke, and Michael Bernard Stanford were indicted for the murder of Mary Carswell and convicted by a jury of voluntary manslaughter. OCGA § 16-5-2. Motions for new trial were made and denied as to all four defendants and they appeal.

1. Matthews enumerates as error the trial court's failure to direct a verdict of acquittal in his favor. Construed to support the jury's verdict, the evidence...

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