Finney v. State

311 Ga. 1

FINAL COPY S20A1469. FINNEY v. THE STATE. NAHMIAS, Presiding Justice. Appellant Benjamin Finney, who was a drug dealer in Macon, was convicted of felony murder and two firearm crimes based on the fatal shooting in 2008 of Gwendolyn Cole, the mother of one of Appellant’s rivals. In his appeal to this Court, Appellant argues, among other things, that the trial court erred by admitting hearsay from an accomplice, plainly erred by failing to give a jury instruction on the accomplice-corroboration requirement, and erred by admitting evidence of Appellant’s involvement in two prior…