Legal Opinion
Adams v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided March 10, 2008No. S07A1590PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HINES, Justice.
Quinton S. Adams (“Adams”) appeals his convictions for the malice murder of Keith Williams, the aggravated assault of Chis-fornd “Barazz” Norwood, and the possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.
Construed to support the verdicts, the evidence showed that, two days before Williams was killed, Adams, his brother Christopher Adams (“Christopher Adams”), and Danny Barker had an altercation with a group of men including Williams. During this fight, Adams was hit in the head with a bottle and believed that Williams hit him.…
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