WILLIS v. STATE

S22A0801.

880 S.E.2d 158 (2022)

WILLIS v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: October 25, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Nathan Kelbaugh , The Kelbaugh Firm, LLC, 1800 Peachtree St. NW, Suite 300, Atlanta, Georgia 30309, Matthew Kyle Winchester , Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester, 1800 Peachtree Street, NW, Suite 300, Atlanta, Georgia 30309, for Appellant.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Parisia Faith Sarfarazi , Assistant Attorney General, Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, Fani T. Willis , District Attorney, Kevin Christopher Armstrong , Senior A.D.A., Fulton County District Attorney's Office, 136 Pryor Street SW, Third Floor, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder , General Counsel, FSIG, 41 Islanders Retreat, Savannah, Georgia 31411, for Appellee.


Stephen Willis was convicted along with four co-defendants of crimes arising from the shooting death of Nicholas Hagood.1 On appeal, Willis contends that (1) the evidence was insufficient to sustain his convictions, (2) the trial court plainly erred by failing to instruct the jury that the testimony...

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