Wimes v. Georgia
Annotate this CaseAntoine Wimes was convicted of felony murder and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime in relation to the shooting death of Obiakor Onyemaechi. He contended on appeal that the State failed to disclosed it gave a deal to its most important witness, and failed to correct that witness's false testimony regarding the criminal charges pending against him. The Supreme Court found no such deal to the witness. Furthermore, the Court concluded that while the witness' understood the witness himself was charged with "robbery" (not "armed robbery"), Wimes did not show that the witness' misunderstanding was perjured or material or otherwise served as an indication of the strength of his motivation to testify favorably for the State.
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