Beamon v. State

314 Ga. 798

FINAL COPY S22A1037. BEAMON v. THE STATE. BETHEL, Justice. After a jury trial, Vernon Beamon was convicted of malice murder and other crimes in connection with the shooting deaths of Sylvia Watson and Samuel White. Beamon appeals, arguing that the evidence presented at trial was insufficient to support his convictions and that his convictions for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony should have merged.1 We disagree with both contentions 1 Watson and White were killed in October 2016. A DeKalb County grand jury…