Thompson v. State

312 Ga. 254

FINAL COPY S21A0854. THOMPSON v. THE STATE. LAGRUA, Justice. Appellant Darcy Thompson was convicted of felony murder in connection with the shooting death of Tyrone Cochran. On appeal, Appellant’s sole enumeration of error is that the trial court erred by denying his request to instruct the jury on the lesser offense of voluntary manslaughter.1 For the following reasons, we affirm Appellant’s conviction. 1 The shooting occurred on March 15, 2017. In May 2017, an Emanuel County grand jury indicted Appellant for malice murder and felony murder. In October 2018, a jury found Appellant…