Brown v. State

Smith, Judge.

Anthony Brown was indicted on charges of murder and felony murder, OCGA § 16-5-1 (a), (c), and convicted of voluntary manslaughter, OCGA § 16-5-2 (a). His motion for new trial was denied, and he appeals. We affirm.

Construed to support the verdict, evidence was presented that Brown accompanied Kiana Dancie and another friend of hers to Dancie’s high school prom. After the prom, Dancie allowed Brown to sleep over at her house. They went to sleep and awoke sometime later to the sound of loud knocking and Dancie’s boyfriend’s voice calling out to her to open the door. She complied.…