Rhodes v. State

Weltner, Justice.

Otis Rhodes shot and killed Reginald Cromedy with a handgun. Rhodes appeals his conviction of malice murder.

1. The evidence was sufficient to support the conviction under Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U. S. 307 (99 SC 2781, 61 LE2d 560) (1979).

2. Rhodes assigns error to the trial court’s refusal to give his requested charges on involuntary manslaughter under OCGA § 16-5-3 (a) (misdemeanor-manslaughter) and OCGA § 16-5-3 (b) (lawful act done in an unlawful manner), and on self-defense. He contends that he was acting in response to a perceived threat and that, at worst, his act of…