Elkins v. State

306 Ga. 351

FINAL COPY S19A0331. ELKINS v. THE STATE. BOGGS, Justice. In 2013, Appellant De’Marquise Kareem Elkins was convicted of malice murder and other crimes in connection with the shooting death of 13-month-old Antonio Santiago and the shooting of the baby’s mother, Sherry West, as well as the shooting ten days earlier of Pastor Wilfredo Calix-Flores behind his church. The trial court sentenced Appellant – who was 17 years old at the time of the crimes – to serve life in prison without the possibility of parole (“LWOP”) for the baby’s murder and consecutive terms of years for all but one…