Smith v. State

313 Ga. 584

FINAL COPY S22A0086. SMITH v. THE STATE. WARREN, Justice. Jared Kelvin Smith was convicted of malice murder and theft by taking in connection with the stabbing death of Ronald Roach.1 Smith’s sole contention on appeal is that the trial court erred in allowing the medical examiner to provide expert opinion testimony about blood-spatter evidence depicted in photographs of the crime scene. Seeing no reversible error, we affirm. 1 The crimes occurred on June 28, 2018. On October 2, 2018, a DeKalb County grand jury indicted Smith, Riki Albury, and Kessiah Rowe for malice murder, felony…