Davis v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
HUNSTEIN, Chief Justice.
Appellant Desmond Davis was convicted of malice murder, two counts of felony murder, aggravated assault, armed robbery and two firearm possession charges in connection with the shooting death of Jameson Bush. Finding no error in the denial of Davis’s motion for new trial, 1 we affirm.
1. Davis contends that the evidence was insufficient to sustain the jury’s verdict. The evidence authorized the jury to find that at the time of the crimes Bush’s friend Adorn Martin rented a room in a boarding house, from which he sold marijuana. Martin was with Bush and two other men in…
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