Gadson v.Georgia
Annotate this CaseAppellant Joseph Gadson and his brother Nkosi Gadson were tried together and found guilty of the murder of Amady Seydi and other crimes committed against Seydi and his girlfriend Tarah Medsker over the span of three weeks in the fall of 2005. Appellant argued on appeal of his convictions that the trial court committed plain error with regard to one burglary charge by failing to instruct the jury on the State’s burden of proof when the evidence of a crime is wholly circumstantial. He also contended he could not obtain full and fair appellate review of his convictions because five documents were missing from the trial court record. After review, the Georgia Supreme Court determined Appellant had not established plain error in the omission of the proof-by-circumstantial-evidence instruction, nor did he show that he was harmed by the incomplete record. The Court therefore affirmed his convictions.
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