Leslie v. State

BENHAM, Justice.

Appellant Sajid Fitzgerald Leslie was convicted of murder and arson in connection with the death of his former girlfriend Lori Hastings.1 We affirm his convictions for the reasons set forth below.

1. On April 22, 1999, at approximately 11:10 p.m., police were dispatched at the request of firefighters to a parking lot adjacent to a mall in Richmond County, Georgia. Firefighters had found a car with its passenger compartment engulfed in flames. Once the fire was extinguished, authorities determined that a burned body was inside the car. Police recovered jewelry from the body,…