Slaughter v. State

Marshall, Chief Justice.

Charles V. Slaughter and Tiunta T. Williams were jointly indicted and tried for the murder of Jerome Johnson. They appeal their convictions of felony murder and malice murder, respectively, for which they were sentenced to life imprisonment. We affirm.

Evidence was adduced as follows. The victim taught classes at Coan Community School in Atlanta, where Slaughter, Williams, and co-indictee Tara Lamar Smith attended. Smith took a drama course from the victim in the night-school curriculum. Smith had been to the victim’s apartment once with the Coan School administrator,…