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DRAUGHN v. STATE

S21A0041 S21A0441 S21A0494.

858 S.E.2d 8 (2021)

DRAUGHN v. The STATE. Levatte v. The State. Hayward v. The State.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: May 3, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric C. Crawford , Crawford & Boyle, LLC, 306 S. Hammond Drive, Monroe, Georgia 30655, for Appellant in S21A0041.

Leslie Spornberger Jones , 230 College Avenue, Athens, Georgia 30601, for Appellant in S21A0441.

Timothy Larry Lam , 209 Church Street, Monticello, Georgia 31064, for Appellant in S21A0494.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Eric Christopher Peters , Assistant Attorney General, Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, Tuttle Wright Barksdale, III , Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office, P.O. Box 1209, Gray, Georgia 31032, for Appellee in S21A0041.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney general, William C. Enfinger , Assistant Attorney General, Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, Stephen Andrew Bradley , District Attorney, Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office, 121 North Wilkinson Street, Suite 305, Milledgeville, Georgia 31061, Tuttle Wright Barksdale, III , Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office, P.O. Box 1209, Gray, Georgia 31032, Elizabeth Rosenwasser , A.D.A., Fulton County District Attorney's Office, 136 Pryor Street SW, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, for Appellee in S21A0441.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, William C. Enfinger , Assistant Attorney General, Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, Stephen Andrew Bradley , District Attorney, Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office, 121 North Wilkinson Street, Suite 305, Milledgeville, Georgia 31061, Tuttle Wright Barksdale, III , Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office, P.O. Box 1209, Gray, Georgia 31032, for Appellee in S21A0494.

Demarco Draughn, Xavier Levatte, and Benny Hayward appeal their malice murder convictions for the stabbing death of fellow inmate Bobby Ricks.1 Draughn and Levatte challenge the sufficiency of the evidence presented at their joint trial to support their convictions. Levatte also argues that the State...

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