Matthews v. State

Marshall, Chief Justice.

Roland Markland Matthews appeals his convictions of the murder of Robert Williams, Jr. (life sentence); aggravated battery upon Robert Williams III (10 years concurrently); aggravated assault upon Robert Williams III, and Emelindo Jacob (10 years concurrently); and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony (five years consecutively). We affirm.

The evidence authorized the following findings of fact. As the black victims and their white companion, Teddy Conn, were entering the Follies Topless Bar on Stewart Avenue in Atlanta on the evening of August 27,…