PHILLIPS v. STATE

No. S06A0531.

632 S.E.2d 131 (2006)

280 Ga. 728

PHILLIPS v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

July 6, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Wadkins, David Eric Webb, for Appellant.

Peter J. Skandalakis, Dist. Atty., Raymond C. Mayer, Asst. Dist. Atty. Thurbert E. Baker, Atty. Gen., Jason Charles Fisher, Asst. Atty. Gen., for Appellee.


HINES, Justice.

Johnny Vernon Phillips appeals his conviction for malice murder in connection with the death of Paul McKeen, Jr. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.1

Construed to support the verdict, the evidence showed that Phillips was a friend and associate of a drug dealer named Charles Aldon Bulloch. McKeen owed Bulloch money for a cocaine purchase. A week prior to McKeen's death, Bulloch threatened to beat McKeen if he...

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