Supreme Court of Georgia April 30, 2001, S01A0006 (Lamb v. State)

Hines, Justice.

Kevin Lamb was convicted of malice murder in connection with the fatal stabbing of Mark Anthony Smith. He appeals his conviction and the denial of his motion for new trial, challenging the trial court’s admission of similar transaction testimony, the trial court’s refusal to instruct the jury on battery and simple battery as lesser included offenses, and the sufficiency of the