Simmons v. State

Clarke, Justice.

James Albert Simmons and Ronald Jones were convicted of the murder of Daniel Deshield following a bench trial in the Superior Court of Fulton County and sentenced to life imprisonment. They appeal.

The victim’s roommate testified that the deceased, a homosexual, brought appellants to their apartment. The three men drank brandy and beer and smoked marijuana. The roommate only drank beer. He left for a job interview, planning to make a phone call from the pay phone in the parking lot. He met a friend in the parking lot and went to his apartment to make the call. When his friend…