FITTS v. STATE

S21A0159 S21A0160.

859 S.E.2d 79 (2021)

FITTS v. The STATE. Franklin v. The State.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: June 1, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert James Beckwith , The Beckwith Law Firm, 363 Lawrence Street, Marietta, Georgia 30060, for Appellant in S21A0159.

Leslie Spornberger Jones , 230 College Avenue, Athens, Georgia 30601, for Appellant in S21A0160.

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, William Patrick Doupé , District Attorney, Toombs Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office, P.O. Drawer 966, Thomson, Georgia 30824-0000, Steven Tyler Normandia , A.D.A., District Attorney's Office for the Western Judicial Circuit, 325 E. Washington Street, Rm 370, Athens, Georgia 30601, for Appellee.


In these related appeals, Donovan Raishad Fitts and Jermanique Vashon Franklin appeal their convictions for murder and other crimes in connection with the shooting deaths of Tenecia Posley and Barry Johnson.1 In Case No. S21A0159, Fitts asserts that the trial court erred in admitting evidence of a subsequent...

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