Cornell v. State
| Decision Date | 20 November 1995 |
| Docket Number | No. S95A1328,S95A1328 |
| Citation | 463 S.E.2d 702,265 Ga. 904 |
| Parties | CORNELL v. The STATE. |
| Court | Georgia Supreme Court |
Michael C. Garrett, Allison L. Byrd, Augusta, for Frederick William Cornell.
Daniel J. Craig, Dist. Atty., Augusta, Michael J. Bowers, Atty. Gen., Susan V. Boleyn, Senior Asst. Atty. Gen., Department of Law, Atlanta, for the State.
Marla-Deen Brooks, Asst. Atty. Gen., Atlanta.
Charles R. Sheppard, Asst. Dist. Atty., Augusta.
Frederick Cornell was found guilty of felony murder during the commission of an aggravated assault, armed robbery, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime. Cornell was sentenced to life imprisonment. He appeals from the denial of his motion for new trial. 1
1. The evidence at trial established that appellant came to work at his employment as a night auditor at a motel in Augusta with a .22 caliber revolver. The gun discharged and his co-worker, Karin Williams, was shot between the eyes and killed. Appellant took money from the cash register and placed both the gun and the money into a garbage bag which he dumped behind the motel. He then telephoned the police and reported a robbery and murder at the motel. After being questioned three times and denying any involvement in the incident, appellant called the police and informed them he had accidentally shot Karin when he was showing her the gun. He asserted that he panicked and staged the armed robbery.
The evidence presented at trial was sufficient to authorize a rational trier of fact to find appellant guilty of the crimes charged beyond a reasonable doubt under the standard set forth in Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307, 99 S.Ct. 2781, 61 L.Ed.2d 560 (1979).
2. In his remaining enumeration, appellant asserts the trial court erred in refusing to admit demonstrative evidence in the form of a computer reenactment. Whether the computer simulation Jones v. State, 250 Ga. 498, 499(3), 299 S.E.2d 549 (1983). Because the trial court correctly determined that an adequate foundation for admission of the simulation had not been established, there exists no ground for reversal.
Judgment affirmed.
All the Justices concur.
1 The homicide occurred on February 6, 1992. Cornell was indicted on May 26, 1992 in Richmond County. He was found guilty on ...
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