ROOKS v. THE STATE (Two Cases)

317 Ga. 743

FINAL COPY S23Y0783. ROOKS v. THE STATE. S23A0801. CLARK v. THE STATE. WARREN, Justice. Appellants Joshua Rooks and Quatez Clark were convicted of malice murder and other crimes in connection with the shooting death of Christopher Dean.1 Rooks contends that the evidence 1 Dean was killed on October 17, 2016. In February 2017, a Fulton County grand jury indicted Rooks, Clark, Christopher Lockett, Jasper Green, Lamar Almon, Xavier Gibson (“Xavier”), and Orlando Gibson (“Orlando”) for malice murder, three counts of felony murder, participating in criminal street gang activity, armed…