Bailey v. State

GRANT, Justice.

ADeKalb County jury found appellant Stephen Bailey guilty but mentally ill on all thirteen counts of an indictment filed in connection with the stabbing deaths of Ursula Peterson and her adult daughter Dominique Martin, who were his upstairs neighbors.1 Bailey contends that the trial court erred by denying his motion to suppress evidence, denying his Jackson-Denno2 motion, and refusing to give an instruction on voluntary manslaughter. Finding no error, we affirm.

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Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, the evidence at trial shows that on November 27, 2010, Bailey…