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LUCAS v. STATE

S94A1934.

264 Ga. 840 (1995)

LUCAS v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided January 17, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce S. Harvey, for appellant.

Spencer Lawton, Jr., District Attorney, David T. Lock, Assistant District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Susan V. Boleyn, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Michael D. Groves, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

SEARS, Justice.

The appellant, Christopher Lucas, was tried jointly with James Smith for the murder of Lucas's son-in-law, Randy Kicklighter. The jury convicted Lucas of murder, but acquitted Smith. Lucas received a sentence of life in prison, and he has now filed this appeal.1 We affirm.

1. On June 2, 1987, Kicklighter was found dead outside his trailer home with a shotgun wound to the head. Viewing the evidence in the light most...

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