Moore v. State

Birdsong, Presiding Judge.

Marvin E. Moore was indicted for murder; the jury returned a verdict for voluntary manslaughter. He appeals on the ground of jury misconduct.

The evidence shows that appellant Moore went to a liquor store in Suwanee on the night of August 30, 1983, between 8:00 and 9:00, with three companions. One witness in the store thought Moore had been drinking. While Moore was in the store, the decedent Dennis Cash drove up with his wife and another couple and parked in the liquor store parking lot one space over from the truck in which Moore had arrived. The other man, Jackie…