King v. Georgia
Annotate this CaseRico King was convicted by jury of the 2018 malice murder of Michael Brooks and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony based on shooting Brooks. King argued on appeal: (1) that the trial court erroneously denied King’s motion for a new trial on the “general grounds”; (2) the trial court should not have allowed witness testimony and closing arguments about voluntary intoxication; (3) the trial court plainly erred by admitting character evidence about King’s alleged past alcohol and illegal drug use; and (4) that King received constitutionally ineffective assistance of counsel. Finding no reversible error, the Georgia Supreme Court affirmed King's convictions.
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