The Supreme Court of Georgia recently upheld a gang-related murder conviction following an attempted appeal, and now the Coweta County district attorney is urging the public to come forward with more information surrounding the case. On Oct. 27, 2026, the Supreme Court of Georgia affirmed the convictions of Lateef Jamil Moreland, 26, who in 2024 was found guilty by a Troup County jury of malice murder, felony murder, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony and four violations of the Georgia Street Gang Terrorism and Prevention Act, according to a press release from the district attorney’s office. In June 2024, Coweta Judicial Circuit Superior Court Judge N. Markette Baker sentenced Moreland, whose nicknames included “L.J.,” “Monsta Black 74,” “David Black” and “Hatebaby G,” to life in prison without the possibility of parole followed by 95 years in prison. Chief Assistant District Attorney Jack Winne tried the case and handled the appeal. Evidence from the trial showed that just before midnight Jan. 28, 2023, two gunmen approached the vehicle of Alan Dale Huguley Jr., 30, as he sat in the driver’s seat of his sedan in the parking lot of the Quality Inn on Jameson Drive in LaGrange. The two gunmen fired at least 21 shots into the vehicle before fleeing the scene. Huguley was killed after suffering 12 gunshot wounds. Investigators obtained surveillance footage from a…
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