Wright v. State

Two eyewitnesses identified the defendant as the gunman who drove up in a car brandishing an AK-14, demanded to know where the victim was, and then fatally shot him.

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Appellant Tyrone Wright was convicted of malice murder, felony murder, aggravated assault, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony in connection with the shooting death of Cedric Finley. Wright appeals the denial of his motion for new trial and his conviction and sentence, asserting insufficiency of the evidence, improper denial of his motion to suppress, and ineffective assistance of counsel. Finding no error, we affirm.1

Viewed in the light most favorable to the jury’s verdict, the evidence adduced at trial established the following. In early January 2009, Courtney Braddock stopped in Atlanta to buy crack cocaine on her way from Alabama to South Carolina. She approached the victim, Cedric Finley, and another male named Mike, neither of whom she had met before, and inquired about purchasing drugs. Finley and Mike took Braddock to a house where she could buy and use cocaine. While at this house, but before Braddock smoked crack cocaine, Wright approached Braddock and made disrespectful statements to her, such as suggesting that she have sex for crack cocaine and other demeaning requests. Wright was standing directly in front of Braddock, only a few feet from her. Finley and Braddock then consumed crack cocaine in a back room. When they returned to a front room, Finley, Braddock, and Mike were told to leave the house, which they did. After consuming crack cocaine again later that day, Finley and Mike dropped Braddock off at one of Finley’s family member’s homes. Braddock agreed to let Mike and Finley use her car while she stayed at the house. When Finley and Mike returned to the house where they had left Braddock, they had money and drugs in their possession. The three then traveled to another house where they smoked crack cocaine.

Wright v. State

Two eyewitnesses identified the defendant as the gunman who drove up in a car brandishing an AK-14, demanded to know where the victim was, and then fatally shot him.

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