Wansley v. State

Hunt, Justice.

Robert Carl Wansley was convicted for the murder of his girl friend, Cora Lucille Bennett Grant, and sentenced to life in prison. He appeals. He raises the sufficiency of the evidence, error in denying his demand for jury records, in denying his motion for new trial after an improper comment by the prosecutor, and in allowing the state to reopen its case after the defense rested. We affirm.

1. The victim and the defendant lived together in the defendant’s home in Buford, Georgia, with their eight-month-old daughter. On the evening of August 2, 1985, he went out while she remained…