FORTE v. STATE

S17A1912.

808 S.E.2d 658 (2017)

FORTE v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: December 11, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Victoria Lynn Novak , OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC DEFENDER, 420 10th Street, Columbus, Georgia 31901, for Appellant.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Ashleigh Dene Headrick , DEPARTMENT OF LAW, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, Julia Anne Fessenden Slater , District Attorney, Matthew Jon Landreau , A.D.A., William Donald Kelly, Jr. , A.D.A., CHATTAHOOCHEE JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, P.O. BOX 1340, Columbus, Georgia 31902, for Appellee.


Following a jury trial, Donnie McQuinn Forte appeals his convictions for murder and kidnapping, among other crimes, contending that the evidence was insufficient to support the verdict and that the trial court gave the jurors an incomplete charge on malice murder.1 For the reasons set forth...

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