Supreme Court of Georgia

Davis v. State

November 23, 2021312 Ga. 870

Summary

The court affirmed Davis’s convictions for malice murder, firearm possession, and child cruelty. It held that the evidence was sufficient for the jury to reject Davis’s self-defense claim and that the trial court did not plainly err by declining to instruct on voluntary manslaughter because the alleged touching and subsequent fight did not obviously constitute the required serious provocation. All Justices concurred.