Tesfaye v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
Benham, Justice.
Appellant Bruke Tesfaye was found guilty of and sentenced for committing malice murder, armed robbery, kidnapping, kidnapping with bodily harm, and possession of a firearm in the commission of a crime. After reviewing the enumeration of errors set out by appellant, we affirm the judgment of conviction, but remand the case to the trial court for resentencing on the armed robbery conviction.
1. The State presented evidence that two men, one of whom was carrying a gun, entered a Fulton County liquor store in April 1997 and pushed a store employee into a walk-in cooler. One…
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