Smith v. Georgia
Annotate this CaseIn "Smith v. Georgia," (663 SE2d 155 (2008)), the Supreme Court reversed Appellant Tavaris Smith's murder conviction, finding that the trial court had erred in classifying Appellant's sleepwalking defense as an insanity defense. Following retrial, Appellant was again convicted of malice murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. Appellant challenged his second conviction on grounds of insufficiency of the evidence, trial counsel ineffectiveness, evidentiary errors and problems with the jury's instructions. Finding no error, the Supreme Court affirmed.
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