COLEY v. STATE

S19A0457.

827 S.E.2d 241 (2019)

COLEY v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: April 15, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan Perry Waters , Attorney at Law, 2476 Vineville Avenue, Macon, Georgia 31204, for Appellant.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Ross Warren Bergethon , Deputy Solicitor-General, Tina Michelle Piper , Assistant Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Rebecca Jean Dobras , Assistant Attorney General, Andrew Alan Pinson , Solicitor-General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Meghan Hobbs Hill , Assistant Attorney General, Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334-1300, Gregory Albert Oberry , A.D.A., Timothy Grady Vaughn , Eastman, District Attorney, Oconee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office, P.O. Box 1027, Eastman, Georgia 31023, for Appellee.


Christopher Lee Coley was convicted of malice murder in the shooting death of John Adams. On appeal, Coley contends that the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction; that the trial court erred in denying his motion for a mistrial, in charging the jury on party to a crime, and in allowing the alternate juror to sit in...

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