Cole v. State

Hill, Chief Justice.

In this felony murder case, Gilbert Cole, Jr., a Bibb County sheriff’s deputy, was convicted of killing his 29-year-old stepson. He was sentenced to life in prison and appeals.1

After the defendant, who had worked in drug enforcement, and his stepson, Carlos Antonio Linder, had been drinking together all day, an argument commenced which involved, according to the defen*287dant, the victim’s intention to attend a party that night at which he expected to indulge in the use of illegal drugs. The verbal battle deteriorated into a fist fight in the back seat of the car in which they…