Wingate v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
NAHMIAS, Justice.
Justin Wingate appeals his convictions for the murder and armed robbery of Michael Wilkins.* 1 *We affirm.
1. (a) Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, the evidence presented at trial showed the following. Wilkins was Appellant’s godfather; Appellant sometimes referred to him as “daddy.” Wilkins had dated Appellant’s mother, and he remained in contact with Appellant after the relationship ended. On Saturday, January 23, 2010, Shantia Horton drove Appellant, Adrian Sparrow, and Tavion Simms from Decatur, where they lived, to Macon, where Wilkins lived alone, in her…
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