Walker v. Georgia
Annotate this CaseCedrick Walker was tried by jury and convicted of the murder of Ramona Givens, the murder of Tyler Givens, and unlawfully concealing the death of Ramona. Walker appealed, contending: the evidence was insufficient to sustain his convictions; that the trial court erred when it excluded the testimony of a defense witness; and that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel. Upon its review of the record and briefs, the Supreme Court saw no harmful error in the exclusion of the witness, and concluded Walker failed to prove any denial of effective assistance. As to the sufficiency of the evidence: it was sufficient to sustain the conviction for the murder of Ramona, but not sufficient to sustain the conviction for concealing her death, which we reverse. The evidence also was not sufficient to sustain his conviction for the murder of Tyler. Accordingly, the judgment of the trial court was affirmed in part and reversed in part.
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