Clark v. Georgia
Annotate this CaseJennifer Clark was convicted by jury of malice murder for the 2008 death of her husband, Donald Clark. On appeal, she contended her trial counsel rendered constitutionally ineffective assistance by failing to request that the jury be instructed that it could consider her paramour, Michael Yost’s felony convictions in assessing his credibility. After review of the trial court record, the Georgia Supreme Court determined Clark failed to demonstrate that she was prejudiced by her trial counsel’s alleged deficient performance, therefore, the Court affirmed her conviction.
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