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.