Hood v. State

NAHMIAS, Justice.

Appellant James Hood appeals his convictions for felony murder and other crimes in connection with the stabbing death of Christopher Coon. Two of Appellant’s three claims on appeal raise issues under Georgia’s new Evidence Code that this Court has not previously addressed. Concluding that the trial court committed no reversible error, we affirm.

1. Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdicts, the evidence presented at trial showed the following. Shortly after midnight on February 1, 2011, Coon called his friend Shane Harrelson to pick him up to hang out together. While…