Supreme Court of Georgia

Jones v. the State.

August 20, 2018818 S.E.2d 499

Summary

The Supreme Court of Georgia affirmed Corey Jones's convictions for malice murder and related firearm offenses, holding that the evidence presented at trial was legally sufficient to support the verdicts despite the appellant's claim of an accidental shooting. The Court applied a de novo standard of review for sufficiency of the evidence and concluded that a rational jury could reject the accident defense.