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MARTIN v. STATE

S20A1134 S20A1135.

852 S.E.2d 834 (2020)

MARTIN v. The STATE. Byrd v. The State.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: December 21, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David T. Lock , David T. Lock, LLC, P.O. Box 14286, Savannah, Georgia 31416, Attorneys for the Appellant in S20A1134.

Steven Lee Sparger , 1111 Bull Street, Savannah, Georgia 31401, Jonah Lewis Pine , Williams & Pine LLC, 6205 Abercorn Street, Suite 201, Savannah, Georgia 31405-5534, Attorneys for the Appellant in S20A1135.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Matthew David O'Brien , Assistant Attorney General, Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, Margaret Ellen Heap , District Attorney, Office of the District Attorney Eastern Judicial Circuit, P. O. Box 2309, Savannah, Georgia 31402, Emily Catherine Puhala , A.D.A., Office of the District Attorney Eastern Judicial Circuit, P.O. Box 8161, Savannah, Georgia 31412, Attorneys for the Appellee in S20A1134, S20A1135.

In these related appeals, Dreshaun Martin and Tori Byrd appeal their convictions for the malice murder of Valentine Dwight Gant, Jr., and the aggravated assault of Gant's three-year-old son.1 For the reasons set forth below, we affirm in both cases.

1. In the light most favorable to the...

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