Norman v. State

NAHMIAS, Justice.

Appellant Edward Norman was convicted of malice murder and necrophilia in connection with the death of Monique Flores-Owens. On appeal, he disputes the sufficiency of the evidence supporting his necrophilia conviction and the permissibility of a portion of the prosecutor’s closing argument. We affirm.

1. Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdicts, the evidence at trial showed the following. On September 8, 2011, DeKalb County police responded to the United Inn Suites and found Flores-Owens dead in a hotel room. She was lying on the floor covered by a sheet, with a…