Wheeler v. State
Annotate this CaseDefendant, a 73-year-old, appealed his conviction of malice murder, felony murder, and aggravated assault in connection with the death of his elderly and wheelchair-bound ex-girlfriend. The court held that the evidence was sufficient to enable a rational trier of fact to find defendant guilty of malice murder; because the similar transaction evidence from his ex-wife and his ex-girlfriends was sufficient to establish the required similarity between the charged crime and the assaults defendant inflicted on his ex-wife and his ex-girlfriends, the trial court did not abuse its discretion by admitting this evidence; the trial court did not abuse its discretion in refusing to excuse two jurors; the trial court did not err in admitting into evidence a letter written by the victim; defendant has failed to provide a basis for providing him with a new trial or having his conviction overturned; and the court rejected defendant's claim that trial counsel was ineffective. Accordingly, the judgment was affirmed.
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