Barrett v. State

263 Ga. 533 (1993)

436 S.E.2d 480

BARRETT

v.

THE STATE.

S93A0719.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided November 22, 1993.

Danny W. Crabbe, for appellant.

Stephen F. Lanier, District Attorney, Fred R. Simpson, Stephen J. Cox, Assistant District Attorneys, for appellee.

FLETCHER, Justice.

Louis Barrett, Jr. appeals from his convictions for the felony and the malice murder of his common-law wife, Janice Gibbons.[1] We affirm the malice murder conviction.

1. Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution, any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crimes…