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Johnson v. State

There was no evidence of serious provocation to support the defendant's request for a jury charge on voluntary manslaughter in his trial for malice murder and other crimes in connection with the shooting death of his stepfather.

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Appellant Farren Johnson was found guilty but mentally ill of malice murder and other crimes in connection with the shooting death of his stepfather, Clarence Alston. On appeal, his only contention is that the trial court erred when it denied his request to charge the jury on voluntary manslaughter. Finding no such error, we affirm.1

1. Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdicts, the evidence at trial showed the following. Appellant, who was 24 years old at the time of the shooting, lived in a duplex in Savannah with his mother, Monica Johnson Ms. Johnson, and the victim. Police had been called to the duplex several times due to fights between Appellant and the victim. Appellant, who believed the victim was using his mother financially, typically instigated the altercations, which usually ended with the victim pinning Appellant to the floor until he calmed down. On two occasions, Appellant threatened to kill the victim. In the months leading up to the shooting, Ms. Johnson had been telling Appellant that he needed to move out of her house and find his own way. Ms. Johnson was in the process of finding a new place to live and had told both Appellant and the victim that she was going to leave. She found a new place to live and arranged for the furniture rental company to pick up the furniture in the duplex. The furniture was removed on the afternoon of May 28, 2008.

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