HUNSTEIN, Chief Justice.
Appellant Todd Omar Jones was convicted of murder in connection with the shooting death of Tavares Roberts. Finding no error in the denial of Jones's motion for new trial,
Investigators obtained descriptions of Jones and his vehicle from Thompson and Johnson, and a copy of Jones's driver's license and other identifying information was obtained from his registration at the Red Carpet Inn. Jones was arrested at his residence in Athens, where clothing matching that described by the witnesses was found, as well as a box of .22 caliber target shells and used targets. Meadows identified Jones in a photo lineup.
Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, we conclude that the evidence adduced at trial was sufficient to enable a rational trier of fact to find Jones guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of the crimes for which he was convicted. Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307, 99 S.Ct. 2781, 61 L.Ed.2d 560 (1979).
2. Jones claims that the trial court erred by failing to instruct the jury on the defenses of accident and self-defense, specifically, the use of force to prevent the forcible felonies of aggravated assault and armed robbery. Counsel for Jones requested these charges but subsequently withdrew them. Thus, Jones has waived the issue, even assuming that the charges were authorized. See Muller v. State, 284 Ga. 70(2), 663 S.E.2d 206 (2008).
As for Jones's argument that his counsel were ineffective in withdrawing the charges, trial counsel cannot be faulted for failing to request a jury charge that was not authorized by the evidence. Nix v. State, 280 Ga. 141(3)(a), 625 S.E.2d 746 (2006). "To authorize a jury instruction on a subject, there need only be produced at trial slight evidence supporting the theory of the charge. [Cit.] Whether the evidence presented is sufficient to authorize the giving of a charge is a question of law. [Cit.]" Davis v. State, 269 Ga. 276, 279(3), 496 S.E.2d 699 (1998). Because no evidence was elicited at trial that would support a defense of accident or self-defense, trial counsel's performance was not deficient in this regard.
3. Jones cites as error the trial court's denial of his request to introduce the videotaped statements of witnesses Johnson and Meadows during the testimony of Lieutenant Greg Abernathy. On cross-examination of Johnson and Meadows, Jones used the transcripts of their statements for impeachment purposes. After both had been released from subpoena, Jones advised the trial court that he intended to use the videotaped statements during his cross-examination of Abernathy in an attempt to impeach testimony by Johnson and Meadows that the transcripts did not accurately reflect the content of those videotapes. The trial court disallowed the introduction of the videotaped statements for impeachment purposes, noting that the defense had the videotapes at the time Johnson and Meadows testified and
4. Jones argues that the trial court erred by charging the jury that it could consider the intelligence of witnesses in passing on their credibility without instructing the jury as to how this factor should be utilized.
5. Jones maintains that the trial court erred by allowing investigator Chris Robinson to testify as an expert in blood spatter and arterial spurting because he had only taken a few brief introductory courses on these subjects and had testified as an expert in these matters only twice before. At trial, counsel for Jones objected to this witness being considered an expert by the trial court but stated that she had no problem with him testifying as to his opinion that the bloodstain shown in a photograph of the motel room was the result of arterial spurting. Assuming, arguendo, that this objection was sufficient to preserve the issue for review, a trial court has broad discretion in accepting or rejecting the qualifications of an expert, Williams v. State, 279 Ga. 731(2), 620 S.E.2d 816 (2005), and we find no abuse of such discretion here.
6. Jones claims that the trial court erred by allowing the State to make race-based jury strikes and that his trial counsel were ineffective in failing to object to the makeup of the jury. However, the voir dire of potential jurors was not transcribed, and the record contains no evidence as to the race of those jurors who were either struck or who served on the jury. Because Jones has the burden of proving error by the record and has failed to do so, this enumeration of error presents nothing for our review. See Finley v. State, 286 Ga. 47(6), 685 S.E.2d 258 (2009).
7. Finally, Jones contends that his conviction is void because the indictment was based on an illegal arrest warrant and that his trial counsel were ineffective in failing to file a plea in abatement to dismiss the warrant and indictment. Specifically, he claims that the affidavit supporting the warrant was insufficient to establish probable cause because it stated incorrectly that the victim was shot twice, rather than once, and failed to state that the co-defendant who identified Jones in a line-up was a known drug addict. However, the allegedly inaccurate and incomplete information in the affidavit does not suggest an intentional or reckless falsehood on the part of the affiant and was not necessary to a finding of probable cause. See Devega v. State, 286 Ga. 448(4)(f), 689 S.E.2d 293 (2010). Accordingly, Jones's conviction is not void, and he has failed to show that he received ineffective assistance of counsel in this regard.
Judgment affirmed.
All the Justices concur.