Rogers v. State
Annotate this CaseDefendant was convicted of the malice and felony murders of two victims. The felony murder verdicts were vacated by operation of law. The trial court entered judgments of conviction on the malice murder verdicts and imposed two consecutive sentences of life imprisonment. A motion for new trial was denied and defendant timely appealed. The court held that the evidence was sufficient to show beyond a reasonable doubt that the murder might have been committed in DeKalb County; the evidence adduced at trial and summarized above was sufficient to enable a rational trier of fact to find defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of the murders; defendant's claim of prosecutorial misconduct was without merit; similar transaction evidence at issue was admissible; the trial court's statements were not coercive; claims of ineffective assistance of counsel were without merit or waived; and defendant's severance claim was waived. Accordingly, the judgment was affirmed.
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