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A jury convicted Johnny Lee Adams of malice murder in the beating death of Dorothea Daniels.1 He appeals, contending that the malice murder statute is unconstitutional because it fails to give notice that the offense can be committed by assaulting a person with a large rock. Because Adams failed to raise this issue in a timely manner, it is waived. His remaining enumerations of error have no merit and we affirm.

1. The evidence at trial showed that Adams and Daniels often met after work to do drugs and have sex. On the night of the murder, they went to a wooded area behind a strip mall, drank beer, and engaged in sex on a panel board lying on the ground. After Daniels questioned Adams about his seeing another woman, Adams became angry, and beat her severely with a rock around the head and face. Daniels died as a result of the wounds inflicted by Adams.

 
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