HENDERSON v. STATE

S16A1658.

796 S.E.2d 681 (2017)

HENDERSON v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: February 6, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sylvester Leon Henderson , GDC # 698877, Jenkins Correctional Center, 3404 Kent Farm Drive , Millen, Georgia 30442, for Appellant.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Samuel S. Olens , Attorney General, Elizabeth Michelle Haase , Assistant Attorney General, Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, Roberta Aim Earnhardt , Senior A.D.A., Richard Randolph Read , District Attorney, Rockdale County District Attorney's Office, 922 Court St., Suite 201, P.O. Box 289, Conyers, Georgia 30012, for Appellee.


Appellant Sylvester Leon Henderson was indicted, along with a co-defendant, for malice murder, felony murder, and other charges relating to the death of Derrick Brown. On September 8, 2011, appellant entered a guilty plea for felony murder. The transcript of the plea hearing shows appellant killed Brown in Rockdale County by striking...

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