Legal Opinion
Westmoreland v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided June 28, 2010No. S10A0365, S10A0367PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Thompson, Justice.
Amos Westmoreland and John Edgar Williams were jointly indicted, tried, and convicted of felony murder and various other crimes following a crime spree that resulted in the vehicular death of Barbara Turner Robins. In these consolidated cases, both defendants appeal from the denial of their respective motions for new trial. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.
Viewed in a light most favorable to the verdict, the evidence shows that on the morning of May 17, 2007, homes belonging to Alison Murphy and Jeanne and George Wern were burglarized in Marietta, Georgia. Among the…
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