Legal Opinion
Yarborough v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided June 4, 1987No. 73647PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Beasley, Judge.
Defendant, charged in a two-count indictment with murder and voluntary manslaughter, was convicted of voluntary manslaughter (OCGA § 16-5-2), for the shooting death of her husband.
1. The first error claimed is the denial of a new trial sought on the general grounds. The question is whether a new trial was demanded by law because of insufficience to sustain a conviction. In so considering, we view all of the evidence in the light most favorable to the verdict. Thomas v. State, 173 Ga. App. 810, 812 (2) (328 SE2d 422) (1985). We also have the added persuasiveness of the…
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