DeLoach v. Georgia
Annotate this CaseArheem DeLoach was convicted by jury on two counts of malice murder and other crimes in connection with the deaths of Rashad Biggins and Jamell Law. In Case No. S19A1299, DeLoach contended the trial court erred in denying his motion for a new trial with respect to the crimes committed against Law, asserting that his trial counsel was ineffective in two ways: (1) counsel failed to move to sever the counts involving Law from those involving Biggins, and (2) counsel failed to object or to move for a mistrial when the trial judge mentioned the appellate process before giving the final jury charge. In Case No. S19X1300, the State cross-appealed, contending the trial court erred in granting DeLoach a new trial with respect to the crimes committed against Biggins. The State argued that the trial court’s basis for granting a new trial, that the prosecutor knowingly failed to correct material, false testimony from a key witness, was is unsupported by the record. The Georgia Supreme Court concurred with the reasons given below in Division 2, affirmed that portion of the trial court’s judgment. As set forth in Division 3, the Supreme Court reversed that portion of the trial court’s judgment because the record did not support the trial court’s finding that the false testimony was material.
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