Miller v. State

A Toombs County jury found Tyrone V. Miller guilty of malice murder for the fatal shooting of Cornelius Johnson, and he was sentenced to life in prison 1. We affirm. The evidence viewed in favor of the verdict established that on the evening of February 11, 1995, Miller and several of his friends went to a nightclub in Vidalia. Miller's friend, Blair, and the victim, Johnson, began to fight. As Blair and Johnson were struggling on the floor, Miller walked over to the men, drew a handgun from his trousers, and fired four shots at Johnson, fatally wounding him. Two days after the murder, Miller gave police a videotaped statement in which he admitted shooting the victim, that he had done so without a reason, and that the murder weapon was in a dresser drawer at his mother's house. The weapon was recovered during a subsequent search of the home.