Edwards v. State

Weltner, Justice.

Robert Lee Edwards paid James Hannah, Jr., to shoot and kill Tyrone Duffey with a shotgun. Edwards was convicted by a jury of malice murder and was sentenced to life imprisonment.1

1. Edwards’ contentions on appeal pertain to the state’s evidence of "similar transactions."2

2. (a) In Mincey v. State, 257 Ga. 500, 505 (7) (360 SE2d 578) (1987), we stated:

“[I]n certain circumstances, evidence of independent crimes is admissible. Two conditions must be satisfied. ‘First, there must be evidence that the defendant was in fact the perpetrator of the independent crime. Second, there…