Brown v. State

260 Ga. 153 (1990)

391 S.E.2d 113

BROWN

v.

THE STATE.

S90A0265.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided May 10, 1990.

Bailey & Bearden, J. Lane Bearden, for appellant.

Darrell E. Wilson, District Attorney, Mickey R. Thacker, Assistant District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Richard C. Litwin, for appellee.

Appellant, James Wayne Brown, age sixteen, lived with his mother, Joan Brown, at the time of her death. He was convicted of her murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. We affirm.[1]

When construing the evidence in favor of the verdict, the jury could have found the following facts:

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