JOHNSON v. STATE

No. S13A0209.

741 S.E.2d 627 (2013)

292 Ga. 785

JOHNSON v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

April 15, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony Scott Carter , Monroe, for appellant.

Layla Hinton Zon , Dist. Atty., Office of the District Attorney, Anne Marie Kurtz , Asst. Atty. Gen., Paula Khristian Smith, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., Samuel S. Olens , Atty. Gen., Benjamin Henry Pierman , Asst. Atty. Gen., Department of Law, for appellee.


BLACKWELL, Justice.

Paris Leroy Johnson, Jr. was tried by a Walton County jury and convicted of the murder of Antonio Milton. Following the denial of his motion for new trial, Johnson appeals, contending that the trial court erred when it failed to charge the jury on voluntary manslaughter as a lesser included offense, when it allowed the State to cross-examine him about his failure to come forward and make a statement, and when it admitted testimony that impermissibly...

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