McGuire v. State

McMurray, Senior Appellate Judge.

Defendant James Lamar McGuire brings this appeal from his convictions by a Jasper County jury for voluntary manslaughter and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime. The superior court sentenced defendant to 15 years to serve.

1. Defendant argues that the evidence was insufficient to support the verdict for manslaughter for the failure of the State to prove “the element of intentional killing.”

On appeal the evidence must be viewed in the light most favorable to support the verdict, and appellant no longer enjoys a presumption of innocence;…