Kimble v. State

Benham, Chief Justice.

Appellant Dequan Zikerly Kimble, 17, was convicted of malice murder and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime in connection with the death of his former girlfriend, Jennifer Miller. Jennifer was found in a Richmond County motel room with a gunshot wound to her head. It was stipulated that the medical examiner who performed the autopsy found as the cause of death “a close-range penetrating gunshot wound to the head which resulted in massive brain trauma.” The State presented the testimony of two teenage girls who had witnessed the shooting. Each…