Bryant v. Georgia
Annotate this CaseAfter being found guilty of murder, felony murder and several other crimes, Willie Bryant appealed his convictions, arguing his trial counsel was ineffective because counsel failed to obtain a DNA expert to counter the State's evidence against him. In reviewing the trial court record, the Supreme Court found that trial counsel made the determination that, rather than call a separate expert that would reiterate testimony already presented by the State she would focus her cross-examination of the State's own DNA expert to show that the results of the testing were highly inconclusive. As such, the Supreme Court determined trial counsel acted reasonably and did not render ineffective assistance.
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