MASSEY v. STATE

39904.

251 Ga. 515 (1983)

307 S.E.2d 489

MASSEY v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided October 5, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Franklin, Axam & Ashburne, Tony L. Axam, Lisa D. Cooper, for appellant.

Joseph H. Briley, District Attorney, Al Martinez, Assistant District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Mary Beth Westmoreland, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


GREGORY, Justice.

The appellant, Barry Massey, was indicted in Morgan County for the murder of Steven Bo Sterns. Following a trial by jury, he was found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment. Appellant filed a motion for a new trial which was denied. From the evidence, the jury could have found the following facts.

During the early morning hours after the Fourth of July in 1982, appellant and two of his friends went to the Waffle House on Highway 441 in...

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