Conviction upheld in stabbing death
The Georgia Supreme Court has upheld the murder conviction against Marcus Dewayne Huff, who stabbed his victim 34 times with a kitchen knife.
The court rejected Huff’s claim he should have been convicted of manslaughter, not murder. Huff, who had a prior brain injury, said he killed Daniel Aftowski after Aftowski told him he had videotaped the two of them having sex, published the video on the Internet and sent it to Huff’s girlfriend. After the killing, the court noted, Huff stole Aftowski’s car, wallet and hard drive.
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Bill Rankin has been an AJC reporter for more than 30 years. His father, Jim Rankin, worked as an editor for the newspaper for 26 years, retiring in 1986. Bill has primarily covered the state’s court system, doing all he can do to keep the scales of justice on an even keel. Since 2015, he has been the host of the newspaper’s Breakdown podcast.
