Slaughter v. State
Annotate this CaseDefendant appealed his convictions for felony murder while in the commission of aggravated assault and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony in connection with a fatal shooting. On appeal, defendant challenged the sufficiency of the evidence. The court held that defendant was not denied a fair and impartial trial and that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in refusing to strike the entire jury panel. The court also held that there was no merit to defendant's remaining contention that the trial court erred in not directing verdicts of acquittal as to all counts in the indictment which were submitted to the jury because the evidence was insufficient to find him guilty on those charges. The court held that the evidence was sufficient to enable a rational trier of fact to find defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of the crimes for which he was convicted.
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