Freeman v. State

Hunt, Presiding Justice.

In this interim review in a death penalty case, appellant Ronald Freeman enumerates as error certain rulings by the trial judge. The principal issues on appeal involve the state’s proposed use of similar transaction evidence, the constitutionality of OCGA § 17-10-16, providing for a sentence of life without parole, and the propriety of a change of venue. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

On June 25, 1992, Freeman and co-defendant Enrico Williams were indicted for a murder and armed robbery which occurred at a Burger King restaurant on Powers Ferry Road in Cobb…