Willis v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
Adams, Judge.
Early Willis, Sr., appeals the trial court’s denial of his motion for new trial following his conviction by a jury of three counts of aggravated assault, three counts of possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, and two counts of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.1 We affirm for the reasons set forth below.
Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict,2 the evidence at trial showed that on September 27, 2008, Early Willis began firing a shotgun at his grandnephew, Jacoby Jackson, in front of a house on Pearl Drive in East Macon. Jackson began…
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