Timberlake v. State

Hill, Justice.

This appeal is from the denial of defendant’s amended motion for a new trial, including allegedly newly discovered evidence, following his conviction and sentence to life imprisonment for the murder of Herbert Bishop Edwards.

The victim was shot three times at his Sandy Springs Texaco Station at approximately 4 p.m. on September 20,1979. The forensic pathologist testified that death was due to two gunshot wounds to the head (the third shot passed through the victim’s body).

Walter Shonhor was standing in the victim’s station about ten feet from the assailant at the time of the…