Buttles v. State

Smith, Judge.

James Buttles was indicted for the murder of his wife. OCGA § 16-5-1 (a). He was convicted of voluntary manslaughter. OCGA § 16-5-2. Butties’s motion for new trial was denied, and he appeals, raising as his sole enumeration of error the admission of certain testimony he characterizes as hearsay. Finding no reversible error, we affirm.

The State presented evidence that the victim died from injuries she suffered on January 18, 1995 inside the home she shared with Buttles. When police and emergency personnel arrived at the home, the victim was unconscious and not breathing. Buttles…