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BUTLER v. STATE

S20A1297 S20A1298.

855 S.E.2d 551 (2021)

BUTLER v. The STATE. Avery v. The State.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: March 1, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Teri Lynn Doepke , The Doepke Law Firm, LLC, 1108 Conyers Street, Suite 2-W, Covington, Georgia 30014, for Appellant in S20A1297.

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, Deborah D. Wellborn , A.D.A., Sherry Boston , District Attorney, Elizabeth Haase Brock , A.D.A., Dekalb County District Attorney's Office, 556 N. McDonough Street, Suite 700, Decatur, Georgia 30030, for Appellee in S20A1297.

Dell Jackson , 2724 Wesley Chapel Road, #360235, Decatur, Georgia 30036, for Appellant in S20A1298.

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, Emily Kathleen Richardson , Deputy Chief A.D.A., Deborah D. Wellborn , A.D.A., Sherry Boston , District Attorney, Elizabeth Haase Brock , A.D.A., Dekalb County District Attorney's Office, 556 North McDonough Street, ste 700, Decatur, Georgia 30030, for Appellee in S20A1298.

Demarco Butler and Antonio Avery were tried jointly by a DeKalb County jury and convicted of murder and other crimes in connection with a shooting incident that killed Jordan Collins and wounded his brother, Chad Collins. Butler appeals, contending that the evidence was insufficient to support his convictions and that the trial...

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