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MERRITT v. STATE

No. S12A2039.

737 S.E.2d 673 (2013)

292 Ga. 327

MERRITT v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

January 22, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley W. Schoolcraft, III , Office of the Public Defender, Jonesboro, for appellant.

Elizabeth A. Baker , Deputy Chief Asst. Dist. Atty., Tracy Graham Lawson , Dist. Atty., Office of the District Attorney, Paula Khristian Smith, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., Samuel S. Olens , Atty. Gen., Katherine Ruth Thrower , Asst. Atty. Gen., Department of Law, for appellee.

BLACKWELL, Justice.

Montay Lee Merritt was tried by a Clayton County jury and convicted of the murder of his wife, Alesha. Following the denial of his motion for new trial, Merritt appeals, contending that the evidence is insufficient to sustain his conviction and that the trial court erred when it failed to charge the jury on voluntary manslaughter as a lesser included offense. Upon our review of the briefs and record, we find no error, and we affirm.

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