WORTHEN v. STATE

S19A0924.

832 S.E.2d 335 (2019)

WORTHEN, v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: August 19, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Joseph Walker , Georgia Public Defender Council, Appellate Division, 201 Second Street Suite 550, Macon, Georgia 31201, for Appellant.

Samuel H. Altman , District Attorney, Courtney McGowan Patterson , A.D.A., Middle Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office, PO Box J, Swainsboro, Georgia 30401-0590, Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, Scott Orion Teague , Assistant Attorney General, Douglas County District Attorney Office, 8700 Hospital Drive Douglasville, Georgia 30134, for Appellee.


Appellant Jacquez Laquan Worthen appeals his 2014 conviction for felony murder in connection with the shooting death of Robert Lee Parrish, Jr. He contends that the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction as a party to the shooting and that the trial court abused its discretion in admitting gang evidence over his objection...

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