AMERSON v. STATE

S89A0242.

259 Ga. 484 (1989)

384 S.E.2d 392

AMERSON v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided October 19, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Boatright & Futch, Jimmy J. Boatright, for appellant.

Harry D. Dixon, Jr., District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Richard C. Litwin, for appellee.


SMITH, Justice.

Appellant Ronald Lamar Amerson was indicted for the malice murder of James Eason. A jury found him guilty, and he was sentenced to a term of life imprisonment. We affirm.1

The appellant and his codefendant, Lyndal Stevens, met at work during early June of 1988. Stevens had been living with his mother and his stepfather, the victim, in a home in Bacon County. According to numerous witnesses, Eason exhibited abusive...

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