Adams v. State

Undercofler, Chief Justice.

Adams was convicted on circumstantial evidence of the murder of Beatrice Burton and sentenced to life imprisonment. He appeals. We affirm.

1. The victim, a friend and co-worker of the appellant, was found shot to death on Adriatic Court in Gwinnett County on the morning of May 18,1979. She had been shot once in the head with a .38 caliber pistol. After a thorough investigation, police concluded Adams had induced the victim, by promising to pay her $200, to take out a $200,000 life insurance policy, and then had killed her to collect the proceeds.

Adams was arrested…