Griffith v. State

GRIFFIS, P.J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Antonio Griffith was convicted of murder for the death of Willie Newsome. In this appeal, Griffith argues that his conviction for murder, rather than manslaughter, was against the overwhelming weight of the evidence.

FACTS

¶ 2. On August 6, 2010, around 7:00 or 7:30 p.m., Ray Butler went to visit New-some, his brother. Newsome’s nickname was Peewee. Newsome was on his riding lawn mower when Butler arrived. For about the next thirty minutes, Butler and other guests waited for Newsome to finish mowing his grass. They planned to ride horses together. Griffith was…