OWENS v. STATE

No. S09A2068.

693 S.E.2d 490 (2010)

OWENS v. STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

March 26, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Smith, Gambrell & Russell, Edward H. Wasmuth, Jr., Atlanta, for appellant.

Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, Lynda S. Caldwell, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Elizabeth A. Harris, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


HUNSTEIN, Chief Justice.

Appellant Charles Edward Owens appeals his conviction of malice murder in connection with the 1981 shooting death of Rebecca Heath.1 Finding no error, we affirm.

1. Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, the evidence established as follows. The victim was discovered in the Heaths' car on Smokey Road in Troup County, Georgia at approximately 11:00 a.m. on August 31, 1981 by an employee of the...

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