Edwards v. State

Nichols, Chief Justice.

James Edwards was convicted of the murder of Sylvester Derrico and given a sentence of life imprisonment. He appeals from his conviction and sentence, enumerating four alleged errors.

1. The first enumeration of error to be considered is that the court erred in charging the jury on the felony murder rule. Code Ann. § 26-1101(b) (Ga. L. 1968, pp. 1249, 1276).

The trial judge charged on this rule, and instructed the jury that they could find the appellant guilty if he caused the death of a human being with malice, express or implied, or in the commission of a felony,…