Walker v. State

Bell, Justice.

Appellant George Walker was convicted of felony murder and aggravated assault, and was sentenced to terms of imprisonment. Walker appeals and we affirm.

Walker and a friend, Terry Bonner, who both were black, attended a dry rush party at a predominantly white fraternity at West Georgia College in Carrollton, Georgia. Fraternity members asked Walker and Bonner to leave, reportedly because the two men had beer with them. As Walker and Bonner left the party, a series of verbal exchanges began, followed by a confrontation between Walker and Bonner and fraternity members on a street…