Powell v. State

Judge Harold R. Banke.

James Allen Powell was charged with three counts of felony murder and one count of aggravated assault. He was convicted of involuntary manslaughter and aggravated assault. His son and business partner, James Lamar Powell, was charged with aggravated assault and criminal trespass. He was convicted of aggravated assault. On appeal, they enumerate six errors.

The evidence, viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, revealed that the charges arose after the Powells finished bricking the front facade of the Dekalb Collision Center. Price v. State, 222 Ga. App. 655, 657…