Massey v. State

HUNSTEIN, Justice.

Roger Massey was found guilty of one count of malice murder in the shooting death of his wife, Kathy Massey.1 He was sentenced to life in prison. Because the trial court’s failure to charge the jury on the law of circumstantial evidence defined in OCGA § 24-4-6 at the close of the evidence as well as its limitation of closing argument was error, we reverse.

1. Evidence adduced at trial authorized a jury to find that on the evening of May 5, 1997 appellant killed his wife by shooting her in the face with a handgun. On the night in question, appellant and his wife engaged in a…