After a jury trial, Appellant Michael James Turner was found guilty of malice murder, felony murder, aggravated assault, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime. Treating the felony murder verdict as surplusage, the trial court sentenced Appellant to life imprisonment for malice murder, a concurrent term of twenty years imprisonment for the aggravated assault offense and a consecutive term of five years for the weapons charge. Appellant appeals after the denial of a motion for new trial. 1. Construed most strongly in support of the verdicts, the evidence shows that, in the early morning of July 12, 2007, Appellant confronted his wife Teresa Buckner Turner in her car on her way to work. During the course of an argument, Appellant shot Ms. Turner and then fled from the scene. Ms. Turner’s body was found in Spalding County shortly afterwards by the police, who were eventually directed to her current address, at which they found Appellant. After being notified of his wife’s death, Appellant accompanied the police to the Spalding County Sheriff’s Office and was placed in an interview room. After approximately eight hours of questioning, Appellant made oral and written statements confessing to the shooting and killing of his wife. In his confession, Appellant admitted to using a six-shot .38 Magnum revolver. A medical examination confirmed that the victim was shot six times, and four bullets removed from the victim were determined to be fired from the same .38 Magnum revolver. After his confession, Appellant returned to the scene of the crime with the police to show them where he had thrown the murder weapon. The evidence was sufficient for a rational trier of fact to find Appellant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of the crimes for which he was convicted. Jackson v. Virginia , 443 U. S. 307 99 SC 2781, 61 LE2d 560 1979.
2. Appellant claims that his statements to police were improperly admitted into evidence because they were induced by a hope of benefit and fear of injury, in violation of OCGA § 24-3-50. However, Appellant has waived this specific claim because he failed to raise it at the hearing held pursuant to Jackson v. Denno , 378 U. S. 368 84 SC 1774, 12 LEd2d 908 1964, when he renewed the Jackson-Denno motion at trial, or when the statements were ultimately introduced into evidence. Mangrum v. State , 285 Ga. 676, 677 2 681 SE2d 130 2009. See also Williams v. State , 270 Ga. App. 480, 481-482 606 SE2d 671 2004; Hawkins v. State , 236 Ga. App. 346, 347 2 512 SE2d 59 1999 holding that an OCGA § 24-3-50 objection “to the admissibility and voluntariness of a non-custodial admission” was waived because the only objections were “based on state and federal constitutional grounds”.
