Quijano v. State

Cabley, Justice.

A jury found Eugene Cadavillo Quijano guilty of malice murder and, in the alternative, guilty of felony murder while in the commission of an armed robbery and aggravated assault. The trial court entered a judgment of conviction and life sentence for malice murder, and the alternative felony murder count was vacated by operation of *182OCGA § 16-1-7. Malcolm v. State, 263 Ga. 369, 372 (5) (434 SE2d 479) (1993). The trial court denied Quijano’s motion for new trial, and he appeals.1

1. The victim was Amanda Puckett, a teenager who was working alone in her mother’s jewelry store when…