Chicola v. State

Clarke, Justice.

Adelaide Chicóla was convicted of the murder of her husband Steven Chicóla and sentenced to life imprisonment. She appeals from this conviction. We affirm.1

Steven Chicóla was shot five times at his home in Cobb County. His dead body was placed in a van and driven to another location on the night of October 25, 1980. The next day neighbors observed Adelaide Chicóla, her teenage son, and her friend Barbara Pritchett *774scrubbing the carport and driveway, raking the yard and burning leaves. On the night of the shooting neighbors had observed figures cleaning all surfaces in the…