BENFORD v. STATE

No. S00A0212.

528 S.E.2d 795 (2000)

272 Ga. 348

BENFORD v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

May 1, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shalini A. Patel, Viveca B. Famber, Atlanta, for appellant.

Paul L. Howard, Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, George W. King Snyder, Jr., Assistant District Attorneys, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Adam M. Hames, Assistant Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


HUNSTEIN, Justice.

Henry Benford was sentenced to life imprisonment for malice murder in the shotgun killing of Eric Martin. He appeals the denial of his motion for new trial.1 Finding no reversible error, we affirm.

1. The jury was authorized to find that Benford, along with Scott and Betts, went into an abandoned house and joined the victim, Eric Martin, and an unknown individual in drinking alcohol and smoking crack cocaine...

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