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BENTON v. STATE

S17A0355.

799 S.E.2d 743 (2017)

BENTON v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: May 1, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Akil K. Secret , THE SECRET FIRM, P.C., 44 Broad Street NW, Suite 507, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, for Appellant.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Elizabeth Michelle Haase , Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, DEPARTMENT OF LAW, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, Cynthia Cartwright , A.D.A., Lyndsey Hurst Rudder , Deputy D.A., FULTON COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, 136 Pryor Street, SW, 4th Floor, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, F. McDonald Wakeford , FULTON COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, 136 Pryor Street, SW, Third Floor, Atlanta, Georgia 30318, for Appellee.

Following a jury trial, Freedell Benton was found guilty of malice murder, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and various other offenses in connection with the shooting death of Drexel Berry.1 On appeal, Benton contends that the evidence...

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