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MERRITT v. STATE

S21A0288.

860 S.E.2d 455 (2021)

MERRITT v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: June 21, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Kenneth Luttrell , P.O. Box 4104, Canton, Georgia 30114, for Appellant.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Michael Alexander Oldham , Assistant Attorney General, Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, Oliver Jackson Browning, Jr. , District Attorney, Tallapoosa Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office, Polk County Courthouse #1, 100 Prior Street, Room 204, Cedartown, Georgia 30125, for Appellee.

Following a jury trial, Shay Alexander Merritt was convicted of malice murder and related offenses in connection with the shooting death of his wife, Rita Ann Merritt.1 On appeal, Merritt raises six claims of trial court error and further argues that the evidence was insufficient to support his...

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