Sams v. State

314 Ga. 306

FINAL COPY S22A0305. SAMS v. THE STATE. BETHEL, Justice. In 2015, a Peach County jury found Tevin Sams guilty of the malice murder of eight-year-old Jai’mel Anderson, the aggravated assault of six-year-old J. A., and other offenses. The charges arose out of an incident in which shots were fired through an apartment door into a room occupied by the two boys. Following the denial of his motion for new trial, Sams challenges the sufficiency of the evidence supporting his convictions and argues that the trial court erred by allowing the State to admit evidence pursuant to OCGA §…