Davenport v. State

311 Ga. 667

FINAL COPY S21A0295. DAVENPORT v. THE STATE. BETHEL, Justice. A Tift County jury found Deanthony Davenport guilty of malice murder and other crimes in connection with the shooting death of Willie Bernard Thomas. On appeal, Davenport argues that the evidence presented at trial was insufficient to sustain his convictions; that his trial counsel rendered constitutionally ineffective assistance by failing to request a curative instruction or move for a mistrial based on hearsay evidence; and that the trial court erred by refusing to charge the jury on voluntary manslaughter. For the…