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Amos v. State

Although the defendant claimed he shot the victim in self-defense, the evidence authorized the jury to conclude that he fired his gun not out of a reasonable belief that his life was in danger, but rather, out of aggression towards the victim.

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Appellant Deuntaie Amos was convicted of felony murder and related offenses in connection with the January 2010 shooting death of Richard Saylors. Amos now appeals, contending that the evidence was insufficient; that the trial court erred in denying his pre-trial immunity motion and his as-applied constitutional challenge to Georgia’s weapons carry license statute; and that the trial court improperly instructed the jury regarding voluntary manslaughter. Finding no error, we affirm.1

Viewed in the light most favorable to the jury’s verdicts, the evidence adduced at trial established as follows. In the early morning hours of January 30, 2010, Appellant Deuntaie Amos and others were socializing and drinking at the College Park apartment of Sharrell Moore when tensions developed between Amos and victim Saylors. Saylors, a loud and boisterous presence, had been drinking and using cocaine on the evening in question, the combination of which, according to expert testimony, often makes an individual restless and agitated. Moore, whose children were asleep in another room of the apartment, told Saylors to quiet down on several occasions, and Amos repeated Moore’s admonition, stating that Saylors and his companions would have to leave if he could not tone it down.

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