Rayton v. State

314 Ga. 29

FINAL COPY S22A0441. RAYTON v. THE STATE. ELLINGTON, Justice. A Fulton County jury found Joe Rayton guilty of murder in the shooting death of Antonio Ladson.1 Rayton contends that the trial court erred by refusing his request for a jury instruction on voluntary manslaughter. Additionally, Rayton contends that he was denied effective assistance of counsel by his trial counsel’s objection to a jury instruction requested by the State regarding accomplice 1 The shooting occurred on May 20, 2016. On March 31, 2017, a Fulton County grand jury indicted Rayton, charging him with malice…