Along with Antonio Lowery, Inez Ottis and her brother Rudolph Ottis, the grand jury indicted Robert Floyd for the malice murders of 7-year-old Britney Ikharia and 15-year-old Bridgett Lee. The victims were the daughters of Barbara Jenkins. Ms. Jenkins and Ms. Ottis were mutually involved in the drug trade but, before the murders, their relationship ended acrimoniously. The State’s theory was that the four indictees went to Ms. Jenkins’s apartment to steal her drugs and money, and committed the murders because the children knew Ms. Ottis and could identify her. In his post-arrest statement, Floyd admitted that he stole a car and drove with the other three to Ms. Jenkins’s residence, but he denied that he left the automobile or participated in the homicides. Mr. Lowery pled guilty and offered to testify for the State. Thereafter, a jury convicted Ms. Ottis and her brother of both murders. On appeal, this Court affirmed their convictions and life sentences. Ottis v. State, 271 Ga. 200 __SE2d__ 1999; Ottis v. State, 269 Ga. 151 496 SE2d 264 1998. The jury found Floyd guilty of the murder of Bridgett, but not guilty of the murder of Britney. After the State withdrew notice of its intent to seek the death penalty, the trial court entered its judgment of conviction on the jury’s verdict and sentenced Floyd to life imprisonment. Floyd moved unsuccessfully for a new trial, and now he brings this appeal.1
1. Mr. Lowery testified against Floyd, and directly implicated him in the fatal stabbing of Bridgett. Floyd contends that the testimony was uncorroborated and, thus, insufficient to authorize his conviction for the murder. Corroboration “may consist entirely of circumstantial evidence, and evidence of the defendant’s conduct before and after the crime was committed may give rise to an inference that the defendant participated in the crime. Cit.” Klinect v. State, 269 Ga. 570, 572 1 501 SE2d 810 1998. Also, the accused’s own statement can serve to corroborate his accomplice’s inculpatory testimony. Wisenbaker v. State, 259 Ga. 416, 417 383 SE2d 132 1989.
