Supreme Court of Georgia November 29, 2011, S11A0927 (Cloud v. State)

HINES, Justice.

Joe Elvin Cloud appeals his convictions for the malice murder of Rocky Heard (“Rocky”), the aggravated assault of Ray Dean Heard (“Ray Dean”), possession of a firearm during the commission of the crime of aggravated assault, affray, and simple battery.1 For the reasons that follow, we affirm in part and vacate in part.