Haywood v. State

Bell, Justice.

Appellant John Reese Haywood was convicted of malice murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. He appeals, and we affirm.

On the afternoon of February 9, 1985, the victim, Ernest “El Toro” Broughton, drove his two cousins, Bonnie Cunningham and Brenda Corden, who were visiting from New York, to the Ingram Trailer Park in Buford to see a friend, Evelyn Ramsey. At this same time, the appellant, Haywood, was on his way to the home of Evelyn Ramsey, who was his niece. Ramsey owed Haywood some money which he was to pick up that afternoon.

Haywood had been drinking heavily on a daily…