Shaw v. State

307 Ga. 233

FINAL COPY S19A0789. SHAW v. THE STATE. BETHEL, Justice. Earnest Shaw appeals from the denial of his motion for new trial after a jury found him guilty of malice murder and concealing the death of another in connection with the death of Elizabeth Richardson.1 On appeal, Shaw argues that the evidence presented by the State was insufficient to support the jury’s verdicts because the State’s case was based entirely on circumstantial evidence and the State did not exclude all reasonable theories of the crimes other than Shaw’s guilt. Shaw also argues that the trial court erred by 1 The…