Worthem v. State

Sears, Justice.

Appellant Derrick Worthem appeals his conviction for the felony murder of an Atlanta convenience store clerk, 1 claiming that the evidence presented at trial failed to support the conviction, and that the trial court erred in failing to charge the jury on voluntary manslaughter. Finding no merit to either of these enumerations, we affirm.

The evidence introduced at trial established that one morning in October 1996, Worthem entered the Omni Supermarket, pointed a gun at the chest of store employee Jong Kyung Jun, and demanded money. Attempting to defend himself, Jun retrieved a…