Anderson v. State

319 Ga. 56

FINAL COPY S24A0405. ANDERSON v. THE STATE. PINSON, Justice. Clark Chandler Anderson shot and killed Kevin Murr. At trial, Anderson argued the killing was voluntary manslaughter, not murder, because he shot Murr after being seriously provoked, but the jury found Anderson guilty of malice murder. On appeal, Anderson contends that insufficient evidence supported his convictions, that the trial court should have given Anderson’s requested jury instruction about voluntary manslaughter, and that his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to object to three pieces of testimony from his…