THOMAS v. STATE

S16A1520 S16A1521.

796 S.E.2d 242 (2017)

THOMAS v. The STATE. Nixon v. The State.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: January 19, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore Johnson , Johnson & Associates, P.O. Box 50470, Atlanta, Georgia 30302, for Appellant in S16A1520.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Samuel S. Olens , Attorney General, Matthew Blackwell Crowder , Assistant Attorney General, Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334-1300, Elizabeth A. Baker , Deputy Chief A.D.A., Clayton County District Attorney's Office, Harold R Banke Justice Center, 9151 Tara Boulevard, Jonesboro, Georgia 30236, Tracy Graham Lawson , District Attorney, Clayton County District Attorney's Office, 9151 Tara Boulevard, Fourth Floor, Jonesboro, Georgia 30236, for Appellee in S16A1520.

Dell Jackson , P.O. Box 360235, Decatur, Georgia 30036, for Appellant in S16A1521.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Samuel S. Olens , Attorney General, Matthew Min-soo Youn , Assistant Attorney General, Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, Elizabeth A. Baker , Deputy Chief A.D.A., Clayton County District Attorney's Office, Harold R Banke Justice Center, 9151 Tara Boulevard, Jonesboro, Georgia 30236, Tracy Graham Lawson , District Attorney, Clayton County District Attorney's Office, 9151 Tara Boulevard, Fourth Floor, Jonesboro, Georgia 30236, for Appellee in S16A1521.


Appellants Julius Thomas and Desmond Nixon were tried jointly and convicted of murder and related offenses in connection with a crime spree that took place over three days in January 2013.1 Both men now appeal, arguing that the evidence was insufficient to support their convictions and averring claims...

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