COLEMAN v. STATE

S17A0818 S17A0819.

804 S.E.2d 24 (2017)

COLEMAN v. The STATE. Mallory v. The State.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided August 14, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Scott Key , MILLER & KEY, PA, 79 Lawrenceville Street, McDonough, Georgia 30253, for Appellant in S17A0818.

Stephen Randall Scarborough , STEPHEN R. SCARBOROUGH, P.C., 100 Peachtree Street NW, Suite 2095, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, for Appellant in S17A0819.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Aimee F. Sobhani , Assistant Attorney General, DEPARTMENT OF LAW, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, Emily Kathleen Richardson , A.D.A., DOUGLAS COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, 8700 Hospital Drive, 2nd Floor, Douglasville, Georgia 30134, Brian Keith Fortner , District Attorney, DOUGLAS COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, 8700 Hospital Drive, 3rd Floor, Douglasville, Georgia 30134-2264, for Appellee in S17A0818 and S17A0819.

S. Taylor Johnston , Assistant Attorney General, DEPARTMENT OF LAW, 40 Capital Square NW, Atlanta, Georgia 30334, for Appellee in S17A0818.


Horace Coleman and Quantez Mallory were tried jointly by a Douglas County jury and convicted of malice murder in connection with the beating death of Bobby Tillman. Coleman and Mallory each filed separate appeals, which we consolidate for purposes of this opinion. Coleman contends that the trial court erred when it denied his...

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