Lewis v. Georgia
Annotate this CaseFollowing Willie Lewis' 2003 conviction for malice murder and numerous other offenses, his 2005 appeal to the Supreme Court was dismissed as untimely. Lewis filed a pro se extraordinary motion for new trial, and he was appointed new counsel for the purposes of pursuing an out-of-time motion for new trial and a direct appeal. Lewis then filed a motion for an out-of-time appeal, which was granted. In the second appearance of Lewis' case to the Supreme Court, the Court affirmed Lewis' convictions and sentences for two counts of malice murder and other felonies, vacated a conviction and sentence for possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony and remanded for resentencing on that count, and remanded the case for a hearing on Lewis' claims of ineffective assistance of first appellate counsel. This third appeal concerns the trial court's order on remand which found no ineffective assistance of first appellate counsel. Agreeing with the trial court regarding Lewis' ineffective assistance claim, the Supreme Court affirmed.
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