Downey v. State

Blackwell, Justice.

Jerry Downey was tried by a Tattnall County jury and convicted of murder and several other crimes, all in connection with a shooting in which Eboni Galloway was fatally wounded. Downey appeals, contending that the evidence is insufficient to sustain his convictions, that the indictment was defective, that he was denied a fair and impartial jury, and that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel. We see no error and affirm.

1. Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, the evidence shows that two of Downey’s cousins were involved in an altercation in…