Craig Thrift was convicted of felony murder in the death of Terry Rouse. He challenged the sufficiency of the evidence, the denial of a new trial on general grounds, several mistrial motions, evidentiary rulings, the exclusion of defense evidence, and limits on cross-examination. The Georgia Supreme Court affirmed. The court rejected the individual claims after reviewing the trial record and held that any assumed error was harmless in light of the properly admitted evidence. It also held that the alleged errors did not have a cumulative prejudicial effect requiring a new trial. The conviction and sentence therefore remained in place.