Edwards v. Georgia
Annotate this CaseRyan Edwards was convicted of malice murder and other crimes in connection with the death of his 13-month old child. Edwards appealed, arguing the trial court: (1) erred in granting the State’s challenge to his use of peremptory strikes against certain jury members; (2) improperly prohibited him from preserving his claim that trial counsel was ineffective; and (3) made a merger error at sentencing. The Georgia Supreme Court agreed the trial court made a merger error and vacated in part and remanded for resentencing, but otherwise affirmed Edwards’s convictions.
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