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Final Copy 286 Ga. 496 S09A1998. ADAMS v. THE STATE. Benham, Justice. Appellant Larry Adams, Sr., appeals his malice murder conviction for the shooting death of his ex-girlfriend.1 1. In a recorded police interview played to the trial jury, appellant admitted that he bought the murder weapon, a .22 caliber rifle, a week prior to the victim's death, and that, on October 24, 2005, he broke into the victim's home and shot her when it appeared to him that she was calling her new boyfriend. The medical examiner testified that the victim had at least seven gunshot wounds and that she died of multiple gunshot wounds. The evidence adduced at trial and summarized above was sufficient to authorize a rational trier of fact to find appellant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of malice murder, burglary, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime. Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U. S. 307 (99 SC 2781, 61 LE2d 560) (1979).
The victim was killed on October 24, 2005. Appellant was indicted by a grand jury on January 28, 2006, for malice murder, felony murder, five counts of possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, two counts of burglary, and aggravated assault. A trial was held on October 9-11, 2006, and a jury found appellant guilty on all charges. On October 27, 2006, appellant was sentenced to life in prison for malice murder, and twenty-five years total for burglary and possession of a firearm during commission of a crime, which sentences were to be served consecutively. All remaining charges merged and/or were vacated as a matter of law. Appellant moved for a new trial on November 14, 2006, and amended his motion on August 19, 2008. The trial court denied the motion for new trial on June 8, 2009, and appellant timely filed his notice of appeal on July 6, 2009. The case was docketed in this Court on August 13, 2009, and submitted for decision on the briefs. 1
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2. The trial court did not read the petit jury oath mandated by OCGA

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