HAYES v. STATE

Nos. S91A0110, S91A0111.

405 S.E.2d 660 (1991)

261 Ga. 439

HAYES v. The STATE. TURNER v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied July 24, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Robert Sparks, Atlanta, L. Burton Finlayson, Michael Mears & Associates, Decatur, for Hayes.

Paul L. Howard, Thomas, Kennedy, Sampson, Edwards & Slayton, Atlanta, for Turner.

Lewis R. Slaton, Dist. Atty., Michael J. Bowers, Atty. Gen., Carl P. Greenberg, Asst. Dist. Atty., Mary H. Hines, Staff Atty., C.A. Benjamin Woolf, Atty., State Law Dept., Atlanta, for the State.


CLARKE, Chief Justice.

Bobby Joe Turner and Alfonzo Hayes were tried together for the murder of 15-year-old Cory "Moonbeam" Willis.1 There was testimony at trial that on the evening of the murder a neighborhood drug dealer, Bo, threatened Turner and his family. There was testimony at trial that Bo had fired into Turner's car in which Hayes was riding as a passenger. According to both defendants, Turner borrowed a rifle to protect himself...

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