Lobdell v. State

Bell, Justice.

Kevin Lobdell was tried and convicted of the malice murder of Roy Collins. He appeals, and we affirm. The evidence, viewed most favorably to the state, is as follows:

On March 31, 1982, Lobdell and a friend named Jerry Mask left Atlanta in a pickup truck. Lobdell fell asleep, and was awakened by Mask in a freeway rest area. Mask told him, “Follow me. I’m going to be with this other guy. And I told him we ran out of gas and he [is] going to be taking me to supposedly where my car is.” Mask and the other man, who was Collins, then left in Collins’ car, with Lobdell following in the…