Supreme Court of Georgia

Davis v. State

November 23, 2021312 Ga. 870

Summary

The court affirmed Davis’s convictions for murder, firearm possession, and child cruelty. It held that the evidence was sufficient because the jury was entitled to reject Davis’s self-defense testimony and find beyond a reasonable doubt that he committed the charged offenses. The court also held that the trial court did not plainly err by refusing to instruct on voluntary manslaughter because the alleged provocation did not obviously require that instruction.