Williams v. Georgia
Annotate this CaseAppellant Jamaal Williams was indicted along with Alex Marshall, Melvin Daniels, Bennie Durham, and Kyle Oree for numerous crimes related to the shooting death of Robert Daughtry, Jr. Marshall and Daniels pled guilty to murder and other charges, and they testified for the State at the joint trial of Appellant, Durham, and Oree. The jury found Appellant guilty of felony murder, kidnapping, and other crimes. Durham and Oree were also found guilty of felony murder and other charges. The Supreme Court already affirmed their convictions. In this appeal, Appellant challenged the sufficiency of the evidence supporting the kidnapping felony that served as the predicate offense for his felony murder conviction, as well as the trial court's admission of alleged hearsay statements. Upon review, the Supreme Court concluded that the evidence ultimately admitted at trial established that Appellant, the other three attackers, and Oree were part of a conspiracy to assault and kill the victim. Furthermore, there was no error in the district court's admission of the alleged hearsay statements at issue. Accordingly, the Supreme Court affirmed Appellant's conviction.
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