Hollowayv.State
Malcolm Holloway was convicted of felony murder and related crimes after he helped organize an armed ambush of a family that owned a gas station and check-cashing business, supplied weapons, acted as lookout, and one of his co-conspirators was fatally shot during the attempted robbery. On appeal, Holloway argued that the evidence was insufficient because he was not at the scene when the shots were fired, that the jury instructions on conspiracy and proximate cause were incomplete, and that the trial court mishandled impeachment and other-acts evidence. The Supreme Court of Georgia affirmed. It held that the evidence authorized the jury to find Holloway was a knowing participant in the robbery conspiracy and that the fatal shooting was a foreseeable consequence of the armed plan he helped set in motion. The court also concluded that the challenged instructions did not amount to plain error and that the remaining evidentiary complaints did not warrant reversal.
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