ATKINS v. STATE

S20A1019.

850 S.E.2d 103 (2020)

ATKINS v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: October 19, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard W Anderson, III , Law Office of Howard W. Anderson III, LLC, P.O. Box 661, Pendleton, South Carolina 29670, Attorneys for the Appellant.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Leslie Anna Coots , Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, Rindi L. Harbeson , Chief A.D.A., William Patrick Doupé , District Attorney, Dennis C. Sanders , District Attorney, Debra Rhodes Neumann , A.D.A., Toombs Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office, P.O. Drawer 966, Thomson, Georgia 30824-0000, Attorneys for the Appellee.


A jury found Brian Atkins guilty of felony murder predicated on aggravated assault and possession of a firearm in connection with the shooting death of Brian Parks.1 On appeal, Atkins contends that the evidence was insufficient to prove that he assaulted Parks with a deadly weapon, that the trial...

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