Smith v. State

Beasley, Judge.

Smith appeals his conviction and sentence for criminal attempt (OCGA § 16-4-1) to commit murder (OCGA § 16-5-1).

The evidence construed so as to uphold the verdict showed the following: The office of the Magistrate Court of Lowndes County was under investigation by the GBI at the time Smith was chief magistrate. Smith got tired of the investigation, he could not function, he was depressed, and he resigned although it “broke [his] heart” to do so. He told an employee of the Magistrate Court that he blamed Sheriff Carter for initiating the investigation and that he would get even…