Leanos v. Georgia
Annotate this CaseMargarita Leanos appealed after she was convicted for felony murder and other crimes in connection with the killing of a taxi driver, Isaias Tovar Murillo. On appeal, Leanos challenged the sufficiency of the evidence used to convict her. She also argued trial counsel was ineffective for failing to: (1) notice that Leanos had been medicated into incompetence; (2) present a cohesive defense theory; (3) object to references to Leanos’s character; and (4) request a severance of the gang charges. The Georgia Supreme Court found no reversible error, finding the evidence was sufficient to sustain the convictions and Leanos did not show her trial counsel was ineffective.
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