BEDFORD v. STATE

S21A0253 S21A0254.

857 S.E.2d 708 (2021)

BEDFORD v. The STATE. Brooks v. The State.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: April 19, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack Morris Downie , General Counsel, Downie Law Firm, LLC, 104 NE Main St., Vidalia, Georgia 30474, for Appellant in S21A0253.

Samuel Howard Altman , District Attorney, John Alexander Fitzner, III , Chief A.D.A., Middle Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office, PO Box 590, Swainsboro, Georgia 30401-0590, Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Alex Martin Bernick , Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, for Appellee in S21A0253.

Bentley C. Adams, III , Attorney at Law, 4121 Rice Street, Number 2609, Lihue, Hawaii 96766, Kathleen Strang , 2003 G Dawson Road, Albany, Georgia 31707, Alex Martin Bernick , Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, SW, Atlanta, Georgia 30334, for Appellant in S21A0254.

Samuel Howard Altman , District Attorney, John Alexander Fitzner, III , Chief A.D.A., Middle Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office, PO Box 590, 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, Jessica Black Wilson , A.D.A., Middle Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office, 126 West Grady Avenue, Suite 3, Lyons, Georgia 30436, for Appellee in S21A0254.


Million Bedford and Yaheed Brooks were tried together and convicted of malice murder and other crimes in connection with the shooting death of Johnny Jackson.1 On appeal, they each contend that there was insufficient evidence to sustain their convictions

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