Johnson v. State

313 Ga. 698

FINAL COPY S22A0025. JOHNSON v. THE STATE. COLVIN, Justice. Following a jury trial, Hymetheus Johnson was convicted of one count of malice murder and one count of theft by taking in connection with the shooting death of Javontae Passard.1 Johnson appeals, alleging that the trial court erred in refusing to give a requested jury instruction on voluntary manslaughter as a lesser offense of the charges of malice murder and felony murder. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm Johnson’s convictions. 1 The crimes occurred on July 15, 2016. On October 18, 2016, a Bibb County grand…