Lumpkin v. State

Pope, Judge.

Defendant Melvin Lumpkin was charged with murder and felony murder and was convicted of the lesser included offense of voluntary manslaughter. He appeals, contending that the trial court erred in admitting evidence of two prior offenses and that the evidence presented at trial was insufficient to sustain his conviction.

1. Contrary to defendant’s third enumeration of error, the evidence adduced at trial was sufficient to authorize his conviction under the standard enunciated in Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U. S. 307 (99 SC 2781, 61 LE2d 560) (1979). Although the evidence was not…