Jackson v. State

314 Ga. 751

FINAL COPY S22A0764. JACKSON v. THE STATE. MCMILLIAN, Justice. Following a jury trial in September 2018, Curtis Jackson was convicted of malice murder in connection with the shooting death of Vernard Mays.1 On appeal, Jackson asserts that the trial court erred (1) in failing to instruct the jury that it must find corroboration for an accomplice’s testimony and (2) in failing to excuse Juror Number 1 Mays was killed on October 27, 2015. On April 12, 2016, a Bibb County grand jury jointly indicted Jackson; Jadarien Flowers; Michael Hardy, Jr.; Drayson McDonald; and Addonis Rhodes for…