Walker v. State

Fletcher, Justice.

William Kenneth Walker was convicted of two counts of murder and two counts of armed robbery. He was sentenced to two consecutive life sentences on the murder counts and to concurrent terms of five years on each of the armed robbery counts. Walker appeals and we reverse.

Archie Johnson, appellant’s uncle, was a pharmacist in Jonesboro, Georgia. The manager of the drug store where Johnson was employed became alarmed when Johnson failed to show up for work on the morning of March 2, 1988, and that afternoon the manager and district manager drove out to the house which Johnson…