ROOKS v. STATE

S23A0783 S23A0801.

893 S.E.2d 899 (2023)

ROOKS v. The STATE. Clark v. The State.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: October 24, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Henry Frier , Attorney at Law, P.O. Box 8783, Atlanta, Georgia 31106-8783, for Appellant in S23A0783.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, Elizabeth Rosenwasser , Assistant Attorney General, Department of Law, 40 Capital Square, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, Fani T. Willis , District Attorney, Kevin Christopher Armstrong , Senior A.D.A., Michael Scott Carlson , A.D.A., Fulton County District Attorney's Office, 136 Pryor Street SW, Third Floor, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, for Appellee in S23A0783.

Ivars Lacis , Lacis Law, LLC, 16 Eastbrook Bend, Suite 101, Peachtree City, Georgia 30269, for Appellant in S23A0801.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Eric Christopher Peters , Assistant Attorney General, Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, Fani T. Willis , District Attorney, Kevin Christopher Armstrong , Senior A.D.A., Michael Scott Carlson , A.D.A., Fulton County District Attorney's Office, 136 Pryor Street SW, Third Floor, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, for Appellee in S23A0801.


Appellants Joshua Rooks and Quatez Clark were convicted of malice murder and other crimes in connection with the shooting death of Christopher Dean.1 Rooks contends that the evidence presented at trial was legally insufficient to support his convictions and...

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