Johnson v. State

HUNSTEIN, Chief Justice.

Appellant Chavarious Johnson appeals his conviction of felony murder and related crimes in connection with the shooting death of Elvis Daniels. Finding no error, we affirm.

Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, the evidence adduced at trial established as follows. On the night of March 30, 2008, Kendrick Norwood ran into Daniels, with whom he was acquainted, at the South Fulton County apartment complex where Daniels lived with his girlfriend. Daniels, a small-time drug dealer, told Norwood he was “fixing to serve my trap,” i.e., sell marijuana to his…