Benton v. State

Benham, Justice.

**242Appellant Marquavis Benton was convicted of murder and related offenses arising out of the shooting death of Brian Whitfield.1 On appeal, Appellant contends that the evidence *324was insufficient to support his convictions for malice murder and armed robbery and that the trial court erred in failing to charge the jury on voluntary manslaughter. Finding no error, we affirm.

Viewing the record in a light most favorable to the verdicts, the evidence adduced at trial established as follows. On the evening of December 5, 2014, the victim arrived at a hotel in DeKalb County,…