Legal Opinion

Moon v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided May 13, 2008No. A08A0148Published

1Opinion of the Court

Miller, Judge.

Following a jury trial, Rufus Moon, Jr., was convicted of voluntary manslaughter, aggravated assault, obstructing an emergency telephone call, and two counts of battery. OCGA §§ 16-5-2; 16-5-21; 16-10-24.3; 16-5-23.1, respectively. Moon appeals, claiming (i) that the trial court erred in refusing to charge the jury on the lesser included offense of involuntary manslaughter and (ii) that he received ineffective assistance of counsel. We discern no error and affirm.

On appeal from a criminal conviction, we view the evidence in the light most favorable to the verdict, and the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Short v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1998
  2. Oliver v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2001
  3. Buckalew v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2001
  4. Gore v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2005

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