Goins v. Georgia
Annotate this CaseAppellant Charmane Goins was convicted of malice murder in connection with the strangling death of Lauren Taylor. The trial court summarily denied his motion for new trial. In a prior appeal, the Georgia Supreme Court held that the evidence presented at Appellant’s trial was legally sufficient to support his murder conviction, but it otherwise vacated the trial court’s order and remanded the case for the court to make factual findings and legal conclusions regarding Appellant’s claim that his constitutional right to a speedy trial was violated; the Supreme Court did not address his other claims. On remand, the trial court issued a detailed order rejecting the speedy trial claim, and again denying Appellant's motion for a new trial. On second appeal, Appellant raised the speedy trial claim, along with claims that the State failed to preserve allegedly exculpatory evidence and that the trial court erred by admitting evidence from his cell phone, by denying his motion for a mistrial, and by excluding evidence about the victim. Finding no reversible error, the Supreme Court affirmed his conviction.
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