Williams v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
Benham, Justice.
This appeal is from Willie Jerome Williams’s convictions for malice murder and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime. The evidence at trial showed Williams and another man brought Classie Patillo to a hospital dead from a gunshot wound, the bullet having entered her back and passed through both her lungs and her spine. One emergency room registration clerk testified Williams told her he and Patillo were looking at the gun and it went off as she tried to put it away. Another emergency room registration clerk testified Williams told her he and Patillo were…
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