Thornton v. Georgia
Annotate this CaseWilliam Thornton appealed his convictions for malice murder, armed robbery, and possession of a knife during the commission of a felony in connection with the 2017 stabbing death of Jullisa Cooke. Thornton argued: (1) the evidence was insufficient to support his armed robbery conviction; (2) the trial court made evidentiary errors by admitting a 911 call and testimony regarding bloodstain pattern analysis; and (3) the trial court erred in denying his request for a continuance, made during trial, so he could attempt to access potentially exculpatory evidence on Cooke’s Facebook account. The Georgia Supreme Court affirmed, finding the evidence was sufficient for the jury to conclude that Thornton was guilty of armed robbery; the trial court’s evidentiary errors, if any, were harmless; and Thornton failed to establish that the trial court erred in denying his request for a continuance.
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