Tarpley v. State

HUNSTEIN, Justice.

Appellant Hoke Smith Tarpley was convicted of malice murder in connection with the shooting death of his uncle, Earnest Claude Estes, and sentenced to life imprisonment. Tarpley now appeals, challenging the admissibility of certain evidence, the trial court’s jury instructions, and the manner in which the trial court handled certain reciprocal discovery violations. Finding no error, we affirm.

Viewed in a light most favorable to the jury’s verdicts, the evidence adduced at trial established as follows. In the early-morning hours of February 9, 2006, deputies from the Laurens…