Clarke v. Georgia
Annotate this CaseRupert Clark was convicted by jury for the malice murder of his wife, Rosemarie Lebert-Clark. He was also convicted of possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. On appeal, he argued he received ineffective assistance of trial counsel, and that the trial court erred in admitting certain evidence, violated the continuing witness rule by sending out with the deliberating jury printouts of text messages, and by failing to instruct the jury that a defendant’s uncorroborated confession was not alone sufficient to warrant a conviction. Finding no reversible error after reviewing the trial court record, the Georgia Supreme Court affirmed conviction.
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