Supreme Court of Georgia
West v. the State.
March 11, 2019826 S.E.2d 64
Summary
The court affirmed West's convictions and life-without-parole sentence. It held that his challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence supporting felony murder predicated on armed robbery and armed robbery was moot because those counts were not operative for sentencing, while the evidence was sufficient to support malice murder. The court also held that recordings concerning an attempt to influence a juror were admissible under Rules 404(b) and 403 because they were relevant to consciousness of guilt, sufficiently connected West to the conduct, and were not substantially outweighed by unfair prejudice.