Taylor v. State

316 Ga. 17

FINAL COPY S23A0053. TAYLOR v. THE STATE. PINSON, Justice. Malik Taylor was the driver in a drive-by shooting in which one of his passengers, Jyleel Solomon, was killed by return fire. Taylor was convicted of felony murder and other crimes in connection with the shooting.1 At trial, he claimed that he was shot at first and fired 1 The crimes occurred on November 6, 2017. On March 14, 2018, a Baldwin County grand jury indicted Taylor with two co-defendants, Jemerius Goodman and Brandon Walls. Counts 1-4 charged all three with the felony murder of Solomon, predicated respectively on…