Williams v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
318 Ga. 83
FINAL COPY S23A1159. WILLIAMS v. THE STATE. PETERSON, Presiding Justice. Eric Williams appeals his convictions and sentence for malice murder and other offenses, stemming from the shooting death of Sean Brooks and non-fatal shooting of Michael Waters outside of a Chatham County nightclub in 2017.1 Williams argues that the trial 1 The crimes occurred in the early morning of October 8, 2017. On December 20, 2017, a Chatham County grand jury indicted Williams for malice murder (Count 1), two counts of felony murder predicated on aggravated assault (Count 2) and possession of a firearm…
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