Green v. Georgia
Annotate this CaseAppellant Brandon Green was convicted of murder in connection with the shooting death of Teressa Owens. On appeal, he contended he received ineffective assistance of counsel for failing to object to certain hearsay testimony. More specifically, he argued trial counsel should have objected when the prosecution introduced out-of-court statements: made to a police officer by an eyewitness who lived in the same room as Appellant and who said she saw Appellant put a gun to the victim's head and pull the trigger; made to the victim's brother by several bystanders shortly after the shooting informing him that appellant and the victim had an argument; and, that they had been dating. Finding no error, the Supreme Court affirmed.
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