Barron v. State

HlNES, Presiding Justice.

William Earnest Barron appeals his conviction and sentence for felony murder while in the commission of aggravated assault in connection with the fatal stabbing of fellow inmate Roderick Rumph. His sole challenge is that the trial court erred in refusing to charge the jury on voluntary manslaughter. Finding the challenge to be without merit, we affirm.

The evidence construed in favor of the verdicts showed the following. On October 5, 2011, Barron and Rumph were both inmates at a prison in Gwinnett County. The men were housed in different buildings of the prison…