White v. State, 289 Ga. 511

White was convicted of malice murder, armed robbery, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime in connection with two deaths.
The offenses occurred on June 15, 2005; White allegedly arranged prostitution for Ramirez, Rodrigo Ramirez, and Francisco Ramirez.
Five people, including White and two women, traveled in Ramirez's car to a motel; a dispute led to the shootings of Ramirez and Gonzales.
Ramirez carried about $3,500; White watched him pay for motel rooms, then shot Ramirez and Gonzales and fled with one woman.
Approximately 14 hours later, White was seen in Mississippi driving Ramirez's car, a six-hour drive from the crime scene.
White contends that Jordan (the other woman) shot the victims, but the evidence supported the jury instruction on being a party to the crime.

Issue	Plaintiff's Argument	Defendant's Argument	Held
Whether the evidence was sufficient for a reasonable juror to convict	White	White	Evidence sufficient for conviction
Whether the court erred in instructing on party to a crime	White	White	Court properly instructed on party to a crime
Whether trial counsel provided ineffective assistance	White	White	No reversible ineffective-assistance error
Whether hearsay evidence or arguments affected trial	White	White	No reversible error; arguments permitted

Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307 (U.S. 1979) (sufficiency of evidence standard)
Jennings v. State, 288 Ga. 120, 702 S.E.2d 151 (Ga. 2010) (indictment need not name as party to crime)
Metz v. State, 284 Ga. 614, 669 S.E.2d 121 (Ga. 2008) (party-to-a-crime jury instructions)
Castillo v. State, 281 Ga. 579, 642 S.E.2d 8 (Ga. 2007) (necessity hearsay exception considerations)
Sheppard v. State, 284 Ga. 775, 671 S.E.2d 830 (Ga. 2009) (impeachment and trial strategy considerations)
Nash v. State, 285 Ga. 753, 683 S.E.2d 591 (Ga. 2009) (prosecutor's closing argument conduct)
Long v. State, 287 Ga. 886, 700 S.E.2d 399 (Ga. 2010) (harmless error standard for misstatements)