Lee v. State

Clarke, Chief Justice.

Chien-Chyun Lee was convicted of the felony murder of Jia Yann Chao, and sentenced to life imprisonment. The evidence showed that the defendant, a resident of Texas, flew to Atlanta to convince the victim to stop seeing the defendant’s ex-wife. According to the defendant this affair had destroyed his marriage and was now preventing an attempted reconciliation with his former wife. According to the defendant, the victim not only refused to end the affair, but taunted the defendant about his manhood. While in custody, the defendant told police officers that his gun either…