GRIFFIN v. STATE

No. S00A1528.

537 S.E.2d 350 (2000)

273 Ga. 32

GRIFFIN v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

October 23, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lynn M. Kleinrock, Decatur, for appellant.

J. Tom Morgan, District Attorney, Barbara B. Conroy, Robert M. Coker, Robert E. Statham, Assistant District Attorneys, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Wylencia H. Monroe, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


FLETCHER, Presiding Justice.

A jury convicted Manuel Griffin and co-defendant Alex Scruggs of felony murder in the shooting death of Jamar Lewis at a laundry in DeKalb County.1 Griffin challenges the trial court's refusal to sever his trial from the trial of his co-defendant. Because the trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying the severance motion, we affirm.

1. The evidence presented at trial shows that Griffin, Scruggs...

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