Davis v. the State. Beamon v. the State.

Summary

The Supreme Court of Georgia affirmed the convictions of William Darnell Davis and Trinika Beamon for felony murder and related offenses. It held that the rule of lenity did not authorize sentencing Davis for an offense different from the one for which he was convicted, and that Davis failed to establish either deficient performance or prejudice under his ineffective-assistance claims. The court also held that the felony-murder statute was not unconstitutionally vague facially or as applied and that the evidence was sufficient to support Beamon's convictions.