Demuro v. State

317 Ga. 155

FINAL COPY S23A0647. DEMURO V. THE STATE. ELLINGTON, Justice. A Chatham County jury found Joshua DeMuro guilty of murder in the shooting death of Kevin Gilman.1 DeMuro challenges the sufficiency of the evidence and contends that the State failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the fatal shooting was not justified. DeMuro also contends that the trial court gave incomplete jury instructions on witness credibility, impeachment, and justification and that the trial court erred in refusing to send written jury instructions out with the jury. For the reasons explained below, 1…