Givens v. State

Benham, Justice.

Appellant Alvando Givens, Sr., was convicted of malice murder for the death of Voncetta Render.1 On June 4, 2006, the police responded to a suspicious vehicle call and found the victim’s body inside her green Pontiac Bonneville parked on the side of a road in Fulton County. The night of her death, the victim had gone out clubbing and then went home with appellant. At trial, appellant’s son, who was nine years old at the time, testified he heard a woman screaming from his father’s bedroom and the woman saying “Al, stop.” The son also heard stomping, hitting and slapping coming…