LOCKLEAR v. STATE

S23A0601.

891 S.E.2d 792 (2023)

LOCKLEAR v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: August 21, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David T. Lock , David T. Lock, LLC, P.O. Box 14286, Savannah, Georgia 31416, for Appellant.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Matthew Blackwell Crowder , Assistant 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, Margaret Ellen Heap , District Attorney, Office of the District Attorney Eastern Judicial Circuit, P. O. Box 2309, Savannah, Georgia 31402, Shalena Cook Jones , District Attorney, Brian Walter DeBlasiis , A.D.A., Chatham County District Attorney's Office, 133 Montgomery Street, Suite 600, Savannah, Georgia 31401, Jillian H. Gibson , A.D.A., Eastern Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office, 133 Montgomery Street, Suite 600, Savannah, Georgia 31401, for Appellee.


A jury found Tony James Locklear guilty of the malice murder of William Long, concealing a death, and related charges.1 On appeal, Locklear challenges the sufficiency of the evidence supporting his convictions. He also argues that the trial court erred by (1) failing to suppress statements made during...

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