Pollard v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
Smith, Justice.
Appellant, Roger Wayne Pollard, was convicted of the murder of Vaughn Cross and sentenced to life imprisonment. In his four enumerations of error, he challenges portions of the trial court’s charge and the sufficiency of the evidence. We affirm.
1. Appellant contends the evidence presented by the state was insufficient to support the verdict. The gist of his argument is that the state’s case depended entirely upon his extrajudicial statement to show criminal intent and that this statement, together with his testimony at trial, amounted to no more than an admission that a killing…
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