Jordan v. Georgia
Annotate this CaseJoseph Jordan was tried by jury and convicted of murder and other crimes in connection with the 2011 fatal shooting of Johnny Luckey. On appeal, Jordan argued he was entitled to a mistrial after the prosecuting attorney accused his lawyer of trying to deceive the jury, and he also claimed he was denied the effective assistance of counsel because his lawyer was absent from the courtroom during a critical stage of the trial. Finding no reversible error after review of the trial court record, the Georgia Supreme Court affirmed Jordan's conviction.
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