Johnson v. State , 263 Ga. 395 ( 1993 )

Hunstein, Justice.

Carlton Bernard Johnson was convicted of the felony murder of Milton Sanford and sentenced to life imprisonment.¹ We affirm.

1. The evidence adduced at trial showed that appellant phoned Sanford and requested that he come to appellant’s house. There, Sanford and his girl friend were bound, and appellant, his two co-defendants and an unidentified man took a package from Sanford which purportedly contained cocaine and attempted to obtain money from Sanford. When this failed, the victims were taken to an abandoned house where they were both shot in the head. Sanford died, but his girl friend survived and testified at trial as to the events that occurred. Reviewing the evidence in a light most favorable to the jury’s verdict, we find that it was sufficient to enable a rational trier of fact to find appellant guilty of the crime charged beyond a reasonable doubt. See generally Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U. S. 307 (99 SC 2781, 61 LE2d 560) (1979).

2. We have carefully examined appellant’s remaining enumerations of error and have found them to be without merit.

Decided October 4, 1993. Murray M. Silver, for appellant. Willis B. Sparks III, District Attorney, Kimberly S. Shumate, Assistant District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Susan V. Boleyn, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Paige M. Reese, Staff Attorney, for appellee.

Judgment affirmed.

All the Justices concur, except Carley, J., who dissents.

1 The crime occurred on March 5,1992. Johnson was indicted in Bibb County on August 14,1992. He was found guilty on December 3,1992 and was sentenced the same day. A notice of appeal was filed, the transcript was certified on April 20, 1993, and the appeal was docketed on April 23, 1993. Oral arguments were heard on June 23, 1993.