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PORRAS v. STATE

No. S14A0551.

761 S.E.2d 6 (2014)

295 Ga. 412

PORRAS v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

June 30, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven Eric Phillips, Office of the Public Defender, Atlanta, for appellant.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Dep. Atty. Gen., Paula Khristian Smith, Senior Asst. Atty. Gen., Samuel S. Olens, Atty. Gen., Christian Alexander Fuller, Asst. Atty. Gen., Department of Law, Atlanta, Leonora Grant, Deputy Chief Asst. Dist. Atty., Anna Green Cross, Deputy Chief Asst. Dist. Atty., Robert D. James, Jr., Dist. Atty., Dekalb County District Attorney s Office, Decatur, for appellee.

BLACKWELL, Justice.

Louis Alberto Porras was tried by a DeKalb County jury and convicted of murder, as well as two crimes involving the unlawful possession of a firearm, all in connection with the killing of Jameelah Qureshi. Porras appeals, contending that the trial court erred when it charged the jury. We find no harmful error, however, and we affirm.1

1. Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, the evidence shows that...

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