Scott v. State

321 Ga. 701

FINAL COPY S25A0063. SCOTT v. THE STATE. WARREN, Presiding Justice. Darrell Dexter Scott challenges his 2017 conviction for felony murder for the stomping death of Darrius Ware at Johnson State Prison. Scott contends that the evidence presented at trial was legally insufficient to support his conviction; that the trial court erred in admitting Ware’s unredacted death certificate and allowing it to go back with the jury, abused its discretion in allowing the State to cross-examine him about the veracity of other witnesses, and erred in responding to a jury note with an incorrect…