HEYWARD v. STATE

No. S04A1144.

602 S.E.2d 831 (2004)

278 Ga. 342

HEYWARD v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

September 13, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Lanier Edwards, Weiner, Shearouse, Weitz, Greenberg & Shawe, LLP, Savannah, for Appellant.

Spencer Lawton, Jr., Dist. Atty., Jon Hope, Asst. Dist. Atty., Hon. Thurbert E. Baker, Atty. Gen., Raina Nadler, Asst. Atty. Gen., for Appellee.


CARLEY, Justice.

A jury found Louis Heyward guilty of malice murder and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. The trial court entered judgments of conviction on the guilty verdicts, and sentenced Heyward to life imprisonment for the murder and to a five-year consecutive term for the weapons offense. After the trial court denied a motion for new trial, Heyward appeals.1

1. The victim, Jerome Anderson, was shot...

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