Adams v. State

MAXWELL, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. A Clarke County jury found Riley Lafate Adams guilty of murdering Ruth Ellen Roberts. On appeal, Adams claims: (1) the circuit court should have excluded his final admission to law enforcement that he shot Roberts; (2) it erred in excluding his testimony concerning prior suicide attempts, which he deemed relevant to his theory of defense-that while attempting to kill himself, his pistol discharged when Roberts attempted to wrestle the gun away from him; and (3) the circuit judge improperly refused his proposed “diminished capacity” instruction.

¶ 2. Since Adams…