Middlebrooks v. State

Smith, Justice.

Appellant, Chester Middlebrooks, was tried and convicted before a Clarke County jury for the felony murder of Patricia Lumpkin. He was sentenced to life imprisonment. On appeal, he raises four enumerations of error. We affirm.

Appellant and the victim began dating in early 1982. He began paying a portion of the monthly rent for her apartment in May 1983. In the summer of 1983, appellant and the victim began fighting because she had begun seeing another man.

On August 27, 1983, appellant slapped the victim. She filed battery charges against him on September 6. He did not give her…