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Edwards v. State

Other admissible evidence sufficiently corroborated the accomplice's trial testimony implicating the defendant in the murder and firearms offense.

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Phirronnius Edwards was tried by a Colquitt County jury and convicted of murder and the unlawful possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, both in connection with the fatal shooting of Billy Hewitt. Edwards appeals, contending that the evidence is insufficient to sustain his convictions, that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel, and that the trial court mishandled a note from the jury. Upon our review of the record and briefs, we see no error, and we affirm.1

1. Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, the evidence shows that Edwards needed money, and he and Michael Russell planned to rob Hewitt, who worked with Russell at a beef processing plant. On the evening of September 22, 2011, Russell and Hewitt were working on the late shift. Just before midnight, Russell left the plant and met Edwards near a convenience store that was located about 400 feet outside the gate of the plant. Russell left his car parked just down the road from the store, dropped off Edwards at the store, and drove Edwards’s silver Dodge Neon back to the plant. When Hewitt left work around 12:25 on the morning of September 23, Russell followed him at some distance to a Chevron gas station — picking up Edwards along the way — and waited in the parking lot while Hewitt purchased some items in the gas station. Hewitt then headed home, and Russell followed, still accompanied by Edwards. As they followed Hewitt to his home, Russell noticed that Edwards had a nine millimeter pistol.

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