Richie v. State

Marshall, Chief Justice.

James Andrew Richie appeals his conviction of the felony murder of Eldridge Arrowood. We affirm.

Richie, who is black, owned a brown van with an emblem on the spare-tire cover reading, “Sweet Daddy Rick.” No other vehicle in Toccoa matched its description. Witnesses saw a black man driving Richie’s van pull up beside the victim’s automobile at a street intersection. The driver got out of the van, approached the victim’s vehicle, exclaimed, “You m. . . .r-f. . . . .g narc,” 2 and shot the victim at a downward angle. The victim used marijuana, which he had purchased in…