Abiff v. State

Hunt, Justice.

Abijah Abiff was convicted of the murder of Ronald Mathews in Fulton County and sentenced to life in prison. He appeals.

Co-defendant, Deborah Woods, and the victim, Ronald Mathews ended a four-year relationship in the fall of 1985. At that time, Woods and the victim jointly owned a home, for which Woods had agreed to repay the victim the money he had given to the mortgagor to keep the house from going into foreclosure. On May 31, 1986, the defendant helped Woods move from her apartment into the house and was with her when the victim came to the apartment in the early morning…