SILLAH v. STATE

S22A0939 S22A1175.

883 S.E.2d 756 (2023)

SILLAH v. The STATE. Murray v. The State.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: February 7, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Angela Dillon , P.O. Box 5587, Columbus, Georgia 31906, for Appellant in S22A0939.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Parisia Faith Sarfarazi , Assistant Attorney General, Alex Martin Bernick , Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, Patsy A. Austin-Gatson , District Attorney, Clifford Louis Kurlander , A.D.A., Tristan Wade Gillespie , A.D.A., Gwinnett County District Attorney's Office, 75 Langley Drive, Lawrenceville, Georgia 30046, for Appellee in S22A0939.

Andrew Murray , GDC# 1001471407, 140 Laying Farm Road, Hardwick, Georgia 31034, for Appellant in S22A1175.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Alex Martin Bernick , Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, Patsy A. Austin-Gatson , District Attorney, Lee Franklin Tittsworth , A.D.A., Clifford Louis Kurlander , A.D.A., Gwinnett County District Attorney's Office, 75 Langley Drive, Lawrenceville, Georgia 30046, for Appellee in S22A1175.


After a joint trial, Darnell Sillah and Andrew Murray were convicted of malice murder for the shooting death of Paul Sampleton, Jr., as well as various other crimes.1 On appeal, Sillah, who was a juvenile when Sampleton was killed, argues that (1) the evidence was insufficient to support...

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