Worthen v. State

304 Ga. 862

FINAL COPY S18A1212. WORTHEN v. THE STATE. NAHMIAS, Presiding Justice. Appellant Trevis Worthen was convicted of malice murder and other crimes in connection with the shooting death of Tanieshia Evans. In this appeal, he contends that the trial court improperly purported to merge his felony murder counts into his malice murder conviction, when they actually were vacated by operation of law. That is true, but the error is harmless. He also contends that the State failed to prove venue for most of the crimes. That is not true — particularly because we have decided in this case to…