Pitts v. State

Shulman, Judge.

Appellant was charged with murder and convicted of voluntary manslaughter. This appeal follows a denial of a motion for a new trial.

1. Appellant asserts that the verdict was against the weight of the evidence because the state failed to establish that the appellant had shot and killed the individual named in the indictment as the decedent.

"On appeal our review is restricted to the legal sufficiency of the evidence, not the weight of the evidence. See Strong v. State, 232 Ga. 294, 298 (206 SE2d 461) (1974). 'It is our duty [on appeal] to determine whether the verdict as rendered…