Willis v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
304 Ga. 781
FINAL COPY S18A1363. WILLIS v. THE STATE. BLACKWELL, Justice. Christopher Antwan Willis was tried by a Spalding County jury and convicted of murder and other crimes in connection with the shooting death of Robert Lee Murry, Jr. Willis appeals, arguing that the evidence is insufficient to sustain his convictions, that the trial court abused its discretion when it admitted certain testimony from a crime scene investigator, and that the trial court erred when it failed to instruct the jury that a murder conviction carries a mandatory life sentence. Finding no reversible error, we…
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