Mims v. State

180 Ga. App. 3 (1986)

348 S.E.2d 498

MIMS

v.

THE STATE.

71788.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided July 16, 1986.

Rehearing Denied July 29, 1986.

H. William Sams, Jr., for appellant.

Sam B. Sibley, Jr., District Attorney, Charles R. Sheppard, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.

DEEN, Presiding Judge.

Charged with murder, appellant was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter. On appeal he contends the evidence was insufficient to support the verdict; evidence of appellant's prior criminal acts fatally tainted the judgment; and instructions to the jury were incomplete.

1. Construed in a light most…