
New Trial on General Grounds Denied
The Georgia Supreme Court upheld a DeKalb County murder conviction, rejecting a defendant’s request for a new trial on general grounds.
The defendant, found guilty of malice murder and firearm possession by a first-offender probationer, claimed that the evidence did not support the verdict. However, the Court ruled that the trial judge acted within the law, determining that the evidence sufficiently supported the conviction and that the defendant received a fair trial.