A man's appeal of a murder conviction from a 2018 shooting has been denied by the Supreme Court of Georgia.

Jammie Rashad Davis was found guilty and sentenced to life in prison on a charge of malice murder, aggravated assault, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, and three counts of cruelty to children in the third degree.

Davis argued that the evidence was insufficient to support his convictions because evidence showed that he acted in self-defense and (2) the trial court plainly erred in failing to instruct the jury on voluntary manslaughter.

According to the court's opinion, Davis’s sufficiency claim fails because the jury did not have to believe Davis’s self-serving testimony that he was defending himself and his claim of plain instructional error fails because the victim’s touching of Davis’s daughter’s lips is not the kind of provocation that would have obviously required a voluntary manslaughter instruction.

To read the full opinion, click here.