McGUIRE v. STATE

S19A1215.

837 S.E.2d 339 (2019)

MCGUIRE v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: December 23, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allen Rust Knox , Douglas Patrick Smith , Towaliga Judicial Circuit Public Defenders Office, 560 North Lee Street, Forsyth, Georgia 31029, for Appellant.

Jonathan Lang Adams , Richard G. Milam , District Attorneys, Towaliga Circuit District Attorney's Office, 625 W 3rd Street, Suite 8, Jackson, Georgia 30233, Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Matthew Blackwell Crowder , Assistant Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, Cynthia Trimboli Adams , A.D.A., Towaliga Circuit District Attorney's Office, 326 Thomaston Street, Barnesville, Georgia 30204, for Appellee.


Following a jury trial, the appellant, David McGuire, was convicted of the malice murder of his mother, Elaine McGuire, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony.1 He appeals, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence as to the element of malice. Specifically, the appellant contends...

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