Polke v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
315 Ga. 33
FINAL COPY S22A1220. POLKE v. THE STATE. ELLINGTON, Justice. A Tattnall County jury found Barbra Ann Polke guilty of malice murder and other crimes arising from the shooting death of her former girlfriend, Ashley Sharpe.1 Polke contends that the evidence was insufficient to support her convictions beyond a 1 A Tattnall County grand jury indicted Polke on February 24, 2015, for felony murder (Count 1), aggravated assault (Count 2), malice murder (Count 3), possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony (Count 4), and two counts of possession of a firearm by a convicted…
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