PENDER v. STATE

S20A1505 S20A1506.

856 S.E.2d 302 (2021)

PENDER v. The STATE. Whitaker v. The State.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: March 15, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cara Clark , Georgia Public Defender Council Appellate Division, 175 Johnson Avenue, Fayetteville, Georgia 30214, for Appellant in S20A1505.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Michael Alexander Oldham , Assistant Attorney General, Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, Julia Anne Fessenden Slater , District Attorney, Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office, 100 Tenth Street, Columbus, Georgia 31902-1340, Benjamin E. Gephardt , Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office, 701 H Street Box 301, Brunswick, Georgia 31520, for Appellee in S20A1505, S20A1506.

Ivars Lacis , Lacis Law, LLC, 16 Eastbrook Bend, Suite 101, Peachtree City, Georgia 30269, for Appellant in S20A1506.


A Muscogee County jury found Christopher Pender and Christopher Whitaker guilty of felony murder and other offenses in connection with the shooting death of David Scott and the assault of Eric Morris. In his appeal, Pender argues that the evidence presented at trial was insufficient to...

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