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Coleman v. State

A witness's testimony about an anonymous threat he received on his answering machine on the morning he was scheduled to testify was admissible to show why the witness was evasive and extremely reluctant to testify.

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Appellant Maurice Deandre Coleman appeals his convictions for malice murder and illegal firearm possession.1 Having reviewed the record, we conclude that pretermitting whether the trial court erred by allowing the State to impeach its own witness with a prior statement when the witness said he could not vouch for the statement’s accuracy, no harm resulted from the trial court’s ruling due to the overwhelming evidence of appellant’s guilt. Finding no merit to appellant’s other enumeration of error, and finding the evidence to be sufficient, we affirm. In February 2000, City of Newnan police found the victim fatally shot in the head. Several days later, police recovered a .38 caliber handgun from an area near the site of the shooting. The handgun matched the type of gun used to kill the victim.

Testimony at trial established the following: In the hours preceding the killing, appellant pointed a handgun at another person. Later that night, appellant was seen walking in the direction of Camp Street with the victim and another man. Fifteen minutes later, appellant and the other man returned, this time without the victim. During this interval, a man was seen on Camp Street, arguing with the victim and then shooting the victim two times.

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