Felon Gets 30 Years For Fatally Shooting Friend in Marietta

SOUTH COBB, GA -- An Acworth man was sentenced Monday to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to a fatal shooting.

Jury selection was supposed to begin in the trial for 30-year-old Orain Clifton Patterson when he agreed to plead guilty to voluntary manslaughter, interstate interference with custody, possession of a firearm and possession of firearm by a convicted felon, according to the Cobb County District Attorney's Office.

“This Defendant had a previous felony conviction for violently assaulting another person, and he executed ‘Andre’ Campbell out of greed and in anger,” Chief Assistant District Attorney Jesse Evans said.

Prosecutors alleged that Patterson fatally shot Tavin "Andre" Campbell, 24, in September 2014 after an argument.

The two friends had stolen a tractor-trailer with furniture belonging to Patterson's father inside of it. As the days went by, the two disagreed on what should be done with the items, according to District Attorney Vic Reynolds.

One day, Patterson, Campbell and a 16-year-old girl pulled up outside Campbell's apartment on Mulkey Road in Marietta. While Patterson and Campbell went inside, the girl waited outside.

Inside the apartment, a confrontation arose and Patterson pulled out a .45-caliber handgun, shooting Campbell three times in the torso, the DA said.

Patterson and the girl were briefly fugitives, driving to Miami before they were apprehended by U.S. Marshals.
Patterson was represented by Atlanta attorney Tanya Miller, the DA said.

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