Morris v. State

Sears, Presiding Justice.

Appellant James Morris appeals his convictions for murder and related crimes, 1 and his resulting life sentence. Having reviewed the record, we conclude that under the circumstances of this case, appellant’s statements to a family friend who had recently become a minister did not fall within the scope of Georgia’s statutory privilege attaching to communications made to members of the clergy. Finding no merit to appellant’s other claims of error, we affirm.

The evidence of record shows that appellant met his wife as she returned home from work one day and shot her to…