Case Name: MITCHELL v. THE STATE
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1987-09-08
Citations: 257 Ga. 344
Docket Number: 44535
Parties: MITCHELL v. THE STATE.
Judges: All the Justices concur.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 257
Pages: 344–345

Head Matter:
44535.
MITCHELL v. THE STATE.
Decided September 8, 1987.
J. Converse Bright, for appellant.
H. Lamar Cole, District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney
(360 SE2d 719)

Opinion:
Smith, Justice.
The appellant, Charles Dale Mitchell, was convicted of the malice murder of his wife, Donna Gale Mitchell. We affirm.
1. Applying the standard of Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U. S. 307 (99 SC 2781, 61 LE2d 560) (1979), we find a rational trier of fact could have found the appellant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of the murder of his wife.
2. The appellant maintains that the trial court erred when it recharged the jury. We find no reversible error.
Judgment affirmed.
All the Justices concur.
General, Dennis R. Dunn, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.
The offense occurred on September 8, 1986. The appellant was indicted on November 14,1986, and found guilty by a Lowndes County jury on January 22, 1987 and sentenced the same day. A notice of appeal was filed on February 5, 1987. The record was certified April 6, 1987, and the case submitted for decision on May 5, 1987.