Jackson v. State

303 Ga. 487

FINAL COPY S18A0127. JACKSON v. THE STATE. BENHAM, Justice. Appellant Lavoris Jackson was tried jointly with Ramel Brown,1 and both were convicted for murder and other crimes arising out of the shooting death of victim Curtis Jordan. 2 Witnesses testified that on the afternoon of the shooting, a person who was known to be a member of the Bloods street gang, and who was wearing a red bandana indicative of being in that gang, taunted a group of other men that included Jackson, who was wearing a blue or purple bandana, indicative of being in a gang other than the Bloods. 1 This Court…