LAWRENCE v. STATE

No. S09A1677.

690 S.E.2d 801 (2010)

LAWRENCE v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied March 1, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary K. Bahl, Valdosta, GA, for appellant.

J. David Miller, District Attorney, Bradfield M. Shealy, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Sheila E. Gallow, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


MELTON, Justice.

Following a jury trial, Roosevelt Lawrence was convicted of malice murder and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime relating to the shooting death of Mason Harper.1 Lawrence contends on appeal that the evidence was insufficient to support the verdict, that his trial counsel was ineffective, and that the trial court erred by failing to give his requested jury instruction on voluntary manslaughter. We...

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