Williams v. State

Bell, Justice.

On February 27,1982, the appellant, Wayne Bertram Williams, was found guilty of the murders of Jimmy Ray Payne and Nathaniel Cater and received two consecutive life sentences. Appellant’s motion for new trial was denied on December 16, 1982, and he appeals. We affirm.

1). Initially, we note that the state introduced evidence of ten other alleged murders to aid in establishing appellant’s identity as the perpetrator of the murders of Payne and Cater. See Division 4, infra. Appellant’s first enumeration of error concerns the state’s use of circumstantial evidence based on expert…