Rowe v. State

Hines, Justice.

Duequetta Rowe was convicted of felony murder, aggravated assault, and felony theft by receiving stolen property. He was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder and to a concurrent term of ten years for the theft by receiving stolen property. As the underlying charge of the felony murder, the aggravated assault conviction was vacated by operation of OCGA § 16-1-7.

The evidence at trial established that Rowe, while sitting in the front passenger seat of a friend’s car, negotiated the sale of a pistol with the victim, James Christopher Perry III, who was standing on the…