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Miles Jonathan Allen appeals from his convictions and sentences for malice murder, aggravated assault, kidnapping, and false imprisonment, all in connection with the death of Carlnell Walker. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.1

Construed to support the verdicts, the evidence showed that Keith Roberts contacted Allen, as well as Breylon Garland and Theodore Holliman, about retaliating against Walker for disrespecting Roberts, and to get some money that Roberts believed Walker owed him. They went to Walker’s home and broke in; Walker was not home, and Allen and Holliman waited for him while Roberts and Garland went to a store. Walker arrived: Allen struck him in the face, knocking him down, and Holliman bound him. When the other men returned, the four beat, stabbed, and tortured Walker; despite their demands, Walker said that he did not have the money that his attackers sought. The four then placed the bound and gagged Walker in the trunk of his car in the garage; he was still alive. Roberts and Holliman drove away, leaving Allen and Garland behind; shortly thereafter, Allen and Garland walked to a gas station to get a ride from a friend.

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