ADAMS v. STATE

No. S99A1714.

527 S.E.2d 200 (2000)

272 Ga. 115

ADAMS v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

February 28, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lenzer & Lenzer, Robert W. Lenzer, Thomas P. Lenzer, Norcross, for appellant.

Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, George F. Hutchinson III, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Wesley S. Wood, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


THOMPSON, Justice.

Phillip Adams was convicted of malice murder and armed robbery in connection with the death of Curtis Cleghorn. This appeal followed the denial of Adams' motion for new trial.1

Cleghorn raised Adams as a son from the time Adams was 14. On January 8, 1996, Cleghorn's neighbor filed a missing person's report because she had not seen Cleghorn since December 30. The following day, the police found Cleghorn's 1986...

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