After a brief fist fight with Markley Turner, Negurian Wright went to his nearby home and returned with a gun. His brother accompanied him and encouraged him to shoot Turner. When Wright fired the weapon, the unarmed victim fled behind his grandfather’s house. Wright followed, and several more shots were heard. Turner died from a bullet which entered his back and perforated his heart and liver. Three eyewitnesses, including Turner’s grandfather, identified Wright as the shooter. The police obtained a warrant to search Wright’s residence. He was not there, but the officers discovered several bullets which matched those fired at the victim. Wright and his brother eventually turned themselves in, and they were tried jointly for the murder of Turner. The jury found them both guilty of malice murder, and the trial court sentenced them to life imprisonment. Wright appeals.1 1. When construed most strongly in support of the verdict, the evidence is sufficient to authorize a rational trier of fact to find Wright guilty of malice murder beyond a reasonable doubt. Jackson v. Virginia , 443 U. S. 307 99 SC 2781, 61 LE2d 560 1979.
2. Wright urges that, in two instances, the trial court erred in failing to order a mistrial on its own motion. One occurrence involves emotional outbursts by Turner’s mother and the other relates to some of the victim’s relatives who wore T-shirts bearing Turner’s picture. On both occasions, the trial court took action. In the case of Turner’s mother, the trial court chastised her and eventually ordered that she be removed from the courtroom. There is no indication that the jury was aware of her relation to the victim. Davis v. State , 272 Ga. 327, 329 3 528 SE2d 800 2000. The trial court forbade those wearing the T-shirts from entering the courtroom, and the record does not show that any juror was ever exposed to a relative of Turner who was wearing one.
