Gilbert v. State

Clarke, Presiding Justice.

Christopher Gilbert was convicted of malice murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. He appeals, and we affirm.1

Jim Frazier, an engineer employed by Georgia Tech, was found dead on December 1, 1986 under the porch of his cabin in Lumpkin County. He had been killed by a shotgun blast to the head. The investigating officers found blood and tissue sprayed about on the porch above where the body was found and concluded that the body had been moved. There was no evidence of a struggle. Autopsy reports showed that Frazier had been shot at close range. Christopher Gilbert…