JIVENS v. STATE

S23A1078.

896 S.E.2d 516 (2023)

JIVENS v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: December 19, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David T. Lock , David T. Lock, LLC, P.O. Box 14286, Savannah, Georgia 31416, for Appellant.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Eric Christopher Peters , Assistant Attorney General, Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, Shalena Cook Jones , District Attorney, Chatham County District Attorney's Office, 133 Montgomery Street, Suite 600, Savannah, Georgia 31401, Margaret Hinchey DeLeon , Chatham County District Attorney's Office, 133 Montgomery Street, Suite 600, Savannah, Georgia 31402, Gabriel Adam Justus , A.D.A., Eastern Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office, 133 Montgomery Street, Suite 600, Savannah, Georgia 31401, for Appellee.


Laquan Hasuan Jivens appeals his convictions for malice murder and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony in connection with the May 7, 2016 shooting death of Kathy Henry.1 On appeal, Jivens asserts that the trial court erred by (1) failing to instruct the jury on the lesser...

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