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Delanoval v. State

The defendant stabbed the victim in the chest during an argument.

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Segundo Delanoval appeals his conviction for felony murder, aggravated assault, and possession of a knife during the commission of a felony, contending that the evidence was insufficient to support the verdict.1 For the reasons set forth below, we affirm the conviction. Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, the record shows that, on October 23, 1999, Robert Williams, who lived in the same rooming house as Delanoval, started to loudly argue with his girlfriend, Corina Barber, and her mother, Anqunette Barber. Delanoval, who was Anqunette Barber’s boyfriend, entered the room where the argument was occurring, stepped between Williams and Anqunette Barber, and shouted at them to stop arguing. Williams told Delanoval to leave his room, but Delanoval remained and cursed at Williams. Williams then slapped Delanoval, and their confrontation moved into the hallway. During a heated exchange of words, Delanoval re-entered his room, took a serrated knife from a drawer, walked back into the hallway, and stabbed Williams in the chest, thereby puncturing his heart. Delanoval then ran away from the boarding house with the knife in his hand, and he was apprehended approximately two months later in a homeless shelter. At the time of his arrest, Delanoval admitted to the stabbing.

This evidence was sufficient to support Delanoval’s conviction. See Jackson v. Virginia , 443 U.S. 307 99 SC 2781, 61 LE2d 560 1979. Although Delanoval argues that he acted in self-defense, the jury was authorized to disbelieve his testimony in favor of the testimony of the State’s witnesses. See e.g., Mickens v. State , 277 Ga. 627, 629 593 SE2d 350 2004.

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