SMITH v. STATE

No. S99A1421.

521 S.E.2d 562 (1999)

271 Ga. 507

SMITH v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

September 20, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Robert Joiner, Atlanta, for appellant.

Paul L. Howard, District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Elizabeth A. Baker, Assistant District Attorneys, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Jeanne K. Strickland, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


HUNSTEIN, Justice.

Roderick R. Smith, Jr. was convicted of felony murder and aggravated assault in the shooting death of Abubeker Ebro Ali and was sentenced to life imprisonment. He appeals from the denial of his motion for a new trial.1

1. The evidence adduced at trial authorized the jury to find that around 5:00 a.m. on September 15, 1996, Ali, the night manager of an Atlanta convenience store, ordered two men out of the store...

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